*dwalaz

Runic: ᛞᚹᚨᛚᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈdwɑ.lɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

confused, stunned
foolish, misled, mad

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰwélh₂-o-s, from root *dʰwelh₂- (‘to dim, dull, cloud, make obscure, swirl, whirl’) possibly related to dʰewh₂- (‘smoke, mist, haze’). Possible cognates are Ancient Greek θολός (tholós) (tholós, ‘mud, dirt’) and Proto-Celtic *dallos (‘blind’) (Orel 2003). Related to *dulaz (‘confused, stunned, foolish, misled, mad’) and *dwaljaną (‘to be confused, perplex; to hold up, delay’).

Declension

Strong declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	dwalaz	dwalō	dwalą, -atō	dwalai	dwalôz	dwalō
Acc.	dwalanǭ	dwalǭ	dwalą, -atō	dwalanz	dwalōz	dwalō
Gen.	dwalas, -is	dwalaizōz	dwalas, -is	dwalaizǫ̂	dwalaizǫ̂	dwalaizǫ̂
Dat.	dwalammai	dwalaizōi	dwalammai	dwalaimaz	dwalaimaz	dwalaimaz
Inst.	dwalanō	dwalaizō	dwalanō	dwalaimiz	dwalaimiz	dwalaimiz

Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	dwalô	dwalǭ	dwalô	dwalaniz	dwalōniz	dwalōnō
Acc.	dwalanų	dwalōnų	dwalô	dwalanunz	dwalōnunz	dwalōnō
Gen.	dwaliniz	dwalōniz	dwaliniz	dwalanǫ̂	dwalōnǫ̂	dwalanǫ̂
Dat.	dwalini	dwalōni	dwalini	dwalammaz	dwalōmaz	dwalammaz
Inst.	dwalinē	dwalōnē	dwalinē	dwalammiz	dwalōmiz	dwalammiz

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Descendants

*dwal (Proto-West Germanic)
- *dwal, *dwol, dwala, dwela (Old English)
  - dwal (Middle English)
*dwal (Proto-West Germanic)
- *dwal, *dwel (Old Frisian)
  - Dwäl, Dweel (Saterland Frisian)
    - dwälsk (Saterland Frisian)
*dwal (Proto-West Germanic)
- *dwal (Old Saxon)
  - dwal, dwel (Middle Low German)
    - dval (Danish)
    - dweelsk (Low German)
𐌳𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍃 (dwals) (Gothic)

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