*wasô

Runic: ᚹᚨᛊᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈwɑ.sɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

meadow, field

Etymology

Presumably related to German Wrasen (‘water vapor (in kitchen, etc.)’), itself of unclear origin, though possibly related to *waisǭ (‘mire, muck’). The semantic shift to "meadow" is perhaps via sense development "vapor" > "wettened land" > "meadow, field".

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	wasô	wasaniz
Acc.	wasanų	wasanunz
Gen.	wasiniz	wasanǫ̂
Dat.	wasini	wasammaz
Inst.	wasinē	wasammiz
Voc.	wasô	wasaniz

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Descendants

*wasō (Proto-West Germanic)
- waso (Old Dutch)
  - wāse (Middle Dutch)
    - waas (Dutch)
*wasō (Proto-West Germanic)
- waso (Old Dutch)
  - wason, gason (Old French)
    - gazon (Middle French)
      - gazon (French)
*wasō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *wasa, *wase (Old English)
  - wase (Middle English)
*wasō (Proto-West Germanic)
- wase (Old Frisian)
  - waas (West Frisian)
*wasō (Proto-West Germanic)
- waso (Old High German)
  - wase (Middle High German)
    - Wasen (German)
    - Wues (Luxembourgish)
*wasō (Proto-West Germanic)
- waso (Old Saxon)
  - wāse (Middle Low German)
    - Waas (German Low German)

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