*wantuz

Runic: ᚹᚨᚾᛏᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈwɑn.tuz/

noun · masculine · u-stem

Meanings

glove, mitten

Etymology

Likely from a pre-Germanic *wanttuz, presumably from *wantnuz via Kluge's law, from Proto-Indo-European *wondʰnú- (‘glove’), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (‘to wind, wrap’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	wantuz	wantiwiz
Acc.	wantų	wantunz
Gen.	wantauz	wantiwǫ̂
Dat.	wantiwi	wantumaz
Inst.	wantū	wantumiz
Voc.	wantu	wantiwiz

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Descendants

*wantu (Proto-West Germanic)
- wantus, guantus, gantus (Medieval Latin)
  - guanto (Italian)
  - guant (Ladin)
  - wantus, guantus, vantus, wanta (Old High German)
  - guant (Piedmontese)
  - nguantu (Sicilian)
*wantu (Proto-West Germanic)
- wantus, guantus, gantus (Medieval Latin)
  - ? (Iberian)
    - guante (Portuguese)
    - guante (Spanish)
*wantu (Proto-West Germanic)
- wantus, guantus, gantus (Medieval Latin)
  - ? (Iberian)
    - guante (Old Leonese)
      - guante (Asturian)
      - guante (Leonese)
*wantu (Proto-West Germanic)
- wantus, guantus, gantus (Medieval Latin)
  - gant, gaunt (Old French)
    - gant (Middle French)
      - gant (French)
*wantu (Proto-West Germanic)
- wantus, guantus, gantus (Medieval Latin)
  - gant, gaunt (Old French)
    - gantelet, gauntlet (Old French)
      - gauntlet, gantlet (French)
      - guantelete (Spanish)
*wantu (Proto-West Germanic)
- wantus, guantus, gantus (Medieval Latin)
  - gant, gaunt (Old French)
    - gantelet, gauntlet (Old French)
      - gauntelet, gantelet, gauntlet (Middle English)
        
        gauntlet (English)
        
        gauntletès (Yola)
*wantu (Proto-West Germanic)
- wantus, guantus, gantus (Medieval Latin)
  - gant, gaunt (Old Occitan)
    - guant (Catalan)
    - gant (Occitan)
*wantu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *want (Old Dutch)
  - want, wante (Middle Dutch)
    - want (Dutch)
*wantu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *want, *wont (Old Frisian)
  - Wonte (Saterland Frisian)
  - want (West Frisian)
*wantu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *wantu (Old Saxon)
  - *wante, *want (Middle Low German)
    - Want (Low German)
    - wanteke (Middle Low German)
vǫttr (Old Norse)
- uott (Elfdalian)
- vøttur (Faroese)
- vöttur (Icelandic)
- vott (Jamtish)
vǫttr (Old Norse)
- vante (Danish)
  - vante (Norwegian Bokmål)
    - vante (Norwegian Nynorsk)
vǫttr (Old Norse)
- vott, vott’e, vøtt (Norwegian)
  - vott (Danish)
    - vott (Norwegian Bokmål)
vǫttr (Old Norse)
- wante, vanter, vatter (Old Swedish)
  - vante (Swedish)
vǫntr (Old Norse)
- uott (Elfdalian)
- vøttur (Faroese)
- vöttur (Icelandic)
- vott (Jamtish)
vǫntr (Old Norse)
- vante (Danish)
  - vante (Norwegian Bokmål)
    - vante (Norwegian Nynorsk)
vǫntr (Old Norse)
- vott, vott’e, vøtt (Norwegian)
  - vott (Danish)
    - vott (Norwegian Bokmål)
vǫntr (Old Norse)
- wante, vanter, vatter (Old Swedish)
  - vante (Swedish)
*vant'us (Proto-Finnic)
*fāccë (Proto-Samic)

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