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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wunsk

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

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

Noun

*wunsk m

wish

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wunsk
Genitive	*wunskas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wunsk	wunskō, wunskōs
Accusative	*wunsk	*wunskā
Genitive	*wunskas	*wunskō
Dative	*wunskē	*wunskum
Instrumental	*wunsku	*wunskum

Descendants

Old English: wūsc

Old Saxon: *wunsk
- Middle Low German: wunsch
Old Dutch: *wunsk
- Middle Dutch: wonsch wensch
  - Dutch: wens
Old High German: wunsk
- Middle High German: wunsch
  - German: Wunsch

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