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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wald
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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *waldą. Deverbal noun from the root of *waldan.
Inflection
| Neuter a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *wald | |
| Genitive | *waldas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *wald | *waldu |
| Accusative | *wald | *waldu |
| Genitive | *waldas | *waldō |
| Dative | *waldē | *waldum |
| Instrumental | *waldu | *waldum |
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *waldaz. Cognate with Old Norse valdr of the same meaning.
Inflection
| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *wald | |
| Genitive | *waldas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *wald | *waldō, *waldōs |
| Accusative | *wald | *waldā |
| Genitive | *waldas | *waldō |
| Dative | *waldē | *waldum |
| Instrumental | *waldu | *waldum |
Derived terms
- Frankish: *heriwald (“commander of an army; herald”)
- Old French: heralt, heraut, hiraut
- Frankish: *-wald
Etymology 3
From Proto-Germanic *waldaz. Cognate with Old Norse valdr (“causing, guilty of”).
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *wald | ||
| Genitive | *waldas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *wald | *waldu | *wald |
| Accusative | *waldanā | *waldā | *wald |
| Genitive | *waldas | *waldeʀā | *waldas |
| Dative | *waldumē | *waldeʀē | *waldumē |
| Instrumental | *waldu | *waldeʀu | *waldu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *waldē | *waldō | *waldu |
| Accusative | *waldā | *waldā | *waldu |
| Genitive | *waldeʀō | *waldeʀō | *waldeʀō |
| Dative | *waldēm, *waldum | *waldēm, *waldum | *waldēm, *waldum |
| Instrumental | *waldēm, *waldum | *waldēm, *waldum | *waldēm, *waldum |
Derived terms
- *gawald
- Old High German:
- Middle High German: gewalt (“enormous”)
- Old High German:
Descendants
- Old English: weald
Further reading
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*walđaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 443
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