Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wantuz

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 *wondʰnú- (“glove”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to wind, wrap”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɑn.tuz/

Noun

*wantuz m

glove, mitten

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *wantuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wantuz	*wantiwiz
vocative	*wantu	*wantiwiz
accusative	*wantų	*wantunz
genitive	*wantauz	*wantiwǫ̂
dative	*wantiwi	*wantumaz
instrumental	*wantū	*wantumiz

Synonyms

*galōfô

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *wantu
- Old Frisian: *want, *wont
  - Saterland Frisian: Wonte
  - West Frisian: want
- Old Saxon: *wantu
  - Middle Low German: wante
    - Low German: Want
- Old Dutch: *want
  - Middle Dutch: want
    - Dutch: want
- Old High German: wantus
- → Medieval Latin: wantus, gantus, guantus (see there for further descendants)
Old Norse: vǫttr, vantr, vattr
- Icelandic: vöttur
- Faroese: vøttur
- Norwegian: vott; (dialectal) vott’e, vøtt
  - → Danish: vott (used by Norwegian authors)
    - Norwegian Bokmål: vott
- Jamtish: vott
- Elfdalian: ųott
- Old Swedish: wante, vanter, vatter
  - Swedish: vante
- Danish: vante
  - Norwegian Bokmål: vante
    - → Norwegian Nynorsk: vante
- → Middle English: want
  - English: want
→ Proto-Finnic: *vant'us (see there for further descendants)
→ Proto-Samic:
- Northern Sami: fáhcca
- Southern Sami: vaanhtse

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