*walakuzjǭ

Runic: ᚹᚨᛚᚨᚲᚢᛉᛃᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈwɑ.lɑ.ˌkuz.jɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

valkyrie, literally "chooser of the slain"

Etymology

From *walaz (‘(battle) wound’) + *keusaną (‘choose, decide’) + *-jǭ (“-er”, feminine agent noun suffix).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.walakuzjǭwalakuzjōniz
Acc.walakuzjōnųwalakuzjōnunz
Gen.walakuzjōnizwalakuzjōnǫ̂
Dat.walakuzjōniwalakuzjōmaz
Inst.walakuzjōnēwalakuzjōmiz
Voc.walakuzjǭwalakuzjōniz

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Descendants

  • *walakuʀjā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wælcyrġe, uualcyrġe, wælcyriġe, walcrigge, walcyrġe, wælcerie, wælcyrie, wælkyrie (Old English)
      • walkirie, walkyrie (Middle English)
  • valkyrja (Old Norse)
    • valquíria (Catalan)
    • valkyrie (Danish)
    • valkyrie (English)
    • valkyrja (Faroese)
    • valkyrie (French)
    • valkyrja (Icelandic)
    • walköre (Low German)
    • valkyrje (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • valkyrja, valkyrje, valkyrju (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    • валькирия (valʹkirija) (Russian)
    • valquiria (Spanish)
    • valkyria (Swedish)
  • valkyrja (Old Norse)
    • Walküre (German)
      • Walkure (Dutch)
      • valkűr (Hungarian)

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