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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wunskaz

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

Alternative forms
  • *wunskō

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwun.skɑz/

Noun

*wunskaz m[1]

  1. wish

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *wunskaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wunskaz *wunskōz, *wunskōs
vocative *wunsk *wunskōz, *wunskōs
accusative *wunską *wunskanz
genitive *wunskas, *wunskis *wunskǫ̂
dative *wunskai *wunskamaz
instrumental *wunskō *wunskamiz

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Old English: wūsc
  • Old Saxon: *wunsk
    • Middle Low German: wunsch
  • Old Dutch: *wunsk
    • Middle Dutch: wonsch wensch
  • Old High German: wunsk
    • Middle High German: wunsch
  • Old Norse: ósk f

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*wunskō~*wunskaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 475
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