*wakwaz

Runic: ᚹᚨᚲᚹᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈwɑ.kʷɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

wet, moist

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wogʷos, from Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ-. Cognate to Latin uvidus (‘wet’), Ancient Greek ὑγρός (hugrós) (hugrós, ‘wet’).

Declension

Strong declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	wakwaz	wakwō	wakwą, -atō	wakwai	wakwôz	wakwō
Acc.	wakwanǭ	wakwǭ	wakwą, -atō	wakwanz	wakwōz	wakwō
Gen.	wakwas, -is	wakwaizōz	wakwas, -is	wakwaizǫ̂	wakwaizǫ̂	wakwaizǫ̂
Dat.	wakwammai	wakwaizōi	wakwammai	wakwaimaz	wakwaimaz	wakwaimaz
Inst.	wakwanō	wakwaizō	wakwanō	wakwaimiz	wakwaimiz	wakwaimiz

Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	wakwô	wakwǭ	wakwô	wakwaniz	wakwōniz	wakwōnō
Acc.	wakwanų	wakwōnų	wakwô	wakwanunz	wakwōnunz	wakwōnō
Gen.	wakwiniz	wakwōniz	wakwiniz	wakwanǫ̂	wakwōnǫ̂	wakwanǫ̂
Dat.	wakwini	wakwōni	wakwini	wakwammaz	wakwōmaz	wakwammaz
Inst.	wakwinē	wakwōnē	wakwinē	wakwammiz	wakwōmiz	wakwammiz

Descendants

wac (Middle Dutch)
vǫkr (Old Norse)
- vökur (Icelandic)
vǫkr (Old Norse)
- *woc, *wok, weke (Middle English)
  - weaky (English)
  - wocnesse (Middle English)

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