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

  • Likely from a pre-Germanic *wanttuz, presumably from *wantnuz via Kluge's law, from Proto-Indo-European *wondʰnú- (“glove”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to wind, wrap”).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈwɑn.tuz/

    Noun

    *wantuz m[1]

    1. glove, mitten

    Inflection

    Declension 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

    Descendants

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*wantu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 573
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