Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wasô

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

Presumably related to German Wrasen (“water vapor (in kitchen, etc.)”), itself of unclear origin, though possibly related to *waisǭ (“mire, muck”). The semantic shift to "meadow" is perhaps via sense development "vapor" > "wettened land" > "meadow, field".

Noun

*wasô m(West Germanic)

1. meadow, field

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *wasô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wasô	*wasaniz
vocative	*wasô	*wasaniz
accusative	*wasanų	*wasanunz
genitive	*wasiniz	*wasanǫ̂
dative	*wasini	*wasammaz
instrumental	*wasinē	*wasammiz

Derived terms

• *Idisijǫ̂ wasô (“field of the disir”)
  • Idisiaviso

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *wasō
  • Old English: *wasa; *wase f
    • Middle English: wase
  • Old Frisian: wase f
    • West Frisian: waas
  • Old Saxon: waso
    • Middle Low German: wase, wāse f
      • German Low German: Waas
  • Old Dutch: waso
    • Middle Dutch: wase
      • Dutch: waas
    • → Old French: wason, gason
      • Middle French: gazon
        • French: gazon
  • Old High German: waso
    • Middle High German: wase
      • German: Wasen