Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrandijô

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

Unknown. Compare Old Irish dreän, Welsh dryw. Perhaps related to Icelandic rindill (“tail, wagtail”),[1] and related to Old Norse rǫnd (“rim, edge”), Old English rand, German Rand.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwrɑn.di.jɔːː/

Noun

*wrandijô m

  1. wren (bird)

Inflection

Declension of *wrandijô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wrandijô *wrandijaniz
vocative *wrandijô *wrandijaniz
accusative *wrandijanų *wrandijanunz
genitive *wrandijiniz *wrandijanǫ̂
dative *wrandijini *wrandijammaz
instrumental *wrandijinē *wrandijammiz

Derived terms

  • *wrandilô

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *wrandijō
    • Old English: wrænna, wrenna, werna, wærna; wrenne f
    • Old High German: *renteo, rento
    • ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *wrandilō
      • Old Saxon: wrėndilo
      • Old High German: rentilo
  • >? Old Norse: *vrendi, *vrindi
    • ⇒ Old Norse: *vrindill, rindill (alternatively, borrowed from Old Saxon)
      • Icelandic: rindill
      • Norwegian: rennel, rinnel, rynnel
      • Danish: rindel

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “wrandan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 594
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