Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wulþuz

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 Pre-Germanic *wl̥tus, from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”) + *-tus. Cognate with Latin vultus, voltus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwul.θuz/

Noun

*wulþuz m

glory

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *wulþuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wulþuz	*wulþiwiz
vocative	*wulþu	*wulþiwiz
accusative	*wulþų	*wulþunz
genitive	*wulþauz	*wulþiwǫ̂
dative	*wulþiwi	*wulþumaz
instrumental	*wulþū	*wulþumiz

Related terms

*wuldrą

Descendants

Proto-Norse: *ᚹᚢᛚᚦᚢᛉ (*wulþuʀ)
- Old Norse: Ullr
  - Icelandic: Ullur
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: Ull
  - Norwegian Bokmål: Ull
  - → Latin: Ollerus
- ⇒ Proto-Norse: ᛟᚹᛚᚦᚢᚦᛖᚹᚨᛉ (owlþuþewaʀ)
Gothic: 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌸𐌿𐍃 (wulþus)
Vandalic: *wulþ

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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