*wanhaz

Runic: ᚹᚨᚾᚺᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈwɑ̃ː.xɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

bent, crooked, twisted

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wónkos (‘crooked, bent’), from *wenk- (‘to bend, slant, incline, twist, turn’). Cognate with Sanskrit वङ्क (vaṅka) (vaṅka, ‘curve, bend’).

Declension

Strong declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	wanhaz	wanhō	wanhą, -at, -atō	wanhai	wanhôz	wanhō
Acc.	wanhanǭ	wanhǭ	wanhą, -at, -atō	wanhanz	wanhōz	wanhō
Gen.	wanhas, wanhis	wanhaizōz	wanhas, wanhis	wanhaizǫ̂	wanhaizǫ̂	wanhaizǫ̂
Dat.	wanhammai	wanhaizōi	wanhammai	wanhaimaz	wanhaimaz	wanhaimaz
Inst.	wanhanō	wanhaizō	wanhanō	wanhaimiz	wanhaimiz	wanhaimiz

Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	wanhô	wanhǭ	wanhô	wanhaniz	wanhōniz	wanhōnō
Acc.	wanhanų	wanhōnų	wanhô	wanhanunz	wanhōnunz	wanhōnō
Gen.	wanhiniz	wanhōniz	wanhiniz	wanhanǫ̂	wanhōnǫ̂	wanhanǫ̂
Dat.	wanhini	wanhōni	wanhini	wanhammaz	wanhōmaz	wanhammaz
Inst.	wanhinē	wanhōnē	wanhinē	wanhammiz	wanhōmiz	wanhammiz

Descendants

*wą̄h (Proto-West Germanic)
- wōh, wōg (Old English)
  - wough, wouȝh (Middle English)
    - wough (English)
𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃 (unwāhs) (Gothic)

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