Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waigaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *uh₁ikós, from *weh₁y- (“to twist, plait; to wrap, enclose”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɑi̯.ɣɑz/

Noun

*waigaz m

a wall (of a building or house)

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *waigaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*waigaz	waigōz, waigōs
vocative	*waig	waigōz, waigōs
accusative	*waigą	*waiganz
genitive	waigas, waigis	*waigǫ̂
dative	*waigai	*waigamaz
instrumental	*waigō	*waigamiz

Related terms

*wajjuz

Descendants

Old English: wāg, wāh
- Middle English: waȝ, wah, woȝ, wawe, wowe, wouh, wough
  - Scots: wauch
  - English: waw
Old Frisian: wāch, wāg
- Saterland Frisian: Wooge (other Eastern Frisian varieties used wāge)
Old Saxon: wēg; wēglūs
Old Dutch: *weig, *wēg
- Middle Dutch: weech, weegh; weechluus, weechluys
  - Dutch: weeg, and weech (dialectal); weeluis

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