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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wakwaz

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 *wogʷos, from Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ-. Cognate to Latin uvidus (wet), Ancient Greek ὑγρός (hugrós, wet).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑ.kʷɑz/

Adjective

*wakwaz

  1. wet, moist

Declension


Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: wac
  • Old Norse: vǫkr
    • Icelandic: vökur
    • Middle English: *woc, *wok, weke

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “wakwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 569
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