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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waizdaz

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

Unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *weydʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to wither; fade”). Or, from a substrate source in common with Latin vitrum (“woad”). Compare also Ancient Greek ἰσάτις (isátis, “woad”).

(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑi̯z.dɑz/

Noun

*waizdaz m

  1. woad

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *waizdaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *waizdaz *waizdōz, *waizdōs
vocative *waizd *waizdōz, *waizdōs
accusative *waizdą *waizdanz
genitive *waizdas, *waizdis *waizdǫ̂
dative *waizdai *waizdamaz
instrumental *waizdō *waizdamiz
  • *wizdilō

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *waiʀd, *waid
    • Old English: wād, weard, *weald
      • Middle English: wad, wod, wadde, wode
      • Middle English: welde, wolde[1]
    • Old Frisian: wēd
    • Old Saxon: wēd
    • Old Dutch: *wēd, *weid
    • Old High German: weit
      • Middle High German: weit
        • German: Waid
          • → Danish: vajd
          • → Swedish: vejde
      • → Czech: vejt
      • → Russian: ва́йда (vájda)
    • →? Medieval Latin: waisdum, guaisdium, waisda, waida
      • Old French: guesde, gaide, waisde, waide
      • Italian: guado
  • Gothic: *𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌳𐍃 (*waisds)
    • → Medieval Latin: waisdus; waisdum; waisdo
      • → Old French: guesde

References
  1. “wē̆ld(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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