*wahstuz

Runic: ᚹᚨᚺᛊᛏᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈwɑxs.tuz/

noun · masculine · u-stem

Meanings

  1. size, growth
  2. stature, build

Etymology

From *wahsijaną + *-þuz.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.wahstuzwahstiwiz
Acc.wahstųwahstunz
Gen.wahstauzwahstiwǫ̂
Dat.wahstiwiwahstumaz
Inst.wahstūwahstumiz
Voc.wahstuwahstiwiz

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Descendants

  • *wahstu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wehst (Old Frisian)
  • *wahstu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *wæhst, *wæxt, *wæst, *weahst, *wǣst (Old English)
      • wacste (Middle English)
  • *wahstu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *wæhst, *wæxt, *wæst, *weahst, *wǣst (Old English)
      • wast, waast, waist, waste, wacst (Middle English)
        • waist (Scots)
        • wauscoat, wazcoote (Yola)
  • *wahstu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *wæhst, *wæxt, *wæst, *weahst, *wǣst (Old English)
      • wast, waast, waist, waste, wacst (Middle English)
        • waist, waste, wast (English)
          • ウエスト (uesuto) (Japanese)
  • *wahstu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wahst (Old High German)
      • wahst (Middle High German)
  • vǫxtr (Old Norse)
    • vækst (Danish)
    • vøkstur (Faroese)
    • vöxtur (Icelandic)
    • vekst (Norwegian)
    • vǫğst (Scanian)
  • vǫxtr (Old Norse)
    • vaxter, væxter (Old Swedish)
      • växt (Swedish)
  • 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (wahstus) (Gothic)

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