*wihslaz

Runic: ᚹᛁᚺᛊᛚᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈwix.slɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

change

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weyk-slo-s, from *weyk- (‘to exchange, curve’). Related to *wikǭ (‘week’) and *wīkwaną (‘to yield, to fold’); outside of Germanic, compare Latin vicis (‘change’), Sanskrit विष्टी (viṣṭī) (viṣṭī, ‘changeable, changing’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	wihslaz	wihslōz, wihslōs
Acc.	wihslą	wihslanz
Gen.	wihslas, wihslis	wihslǫ̂
Dat.	wihslai	wihslamaz
Inst.	wihslō	wihslamiz
Voc.	wihsl	wihslōz, wihslōs

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Descendants

wrixl (Old English)
wrixle (Old English)
wixle (Old Frisian)
- Wiksel (Saterland Frisian)
- wiksel, wissel (West Frisian)
wixele (Old Frisian)
- Wiksel (Saterland Frisian)
- wiksel, wissel (West Frisian)
*wehsal (Old Saxon)
- wessele, wesle (Middle Low German)
  - Wessel (German Low German)
*wesl (Old Saxon)
- wessele, wesle (Middle Low German)
  - Wessel (German Low German)
*wehsel (Old Dutch)
- wessel, wixel, wissele, wissel (Middle Dutch)
  - wissel (Dutch)
    - wissel (Afrikaans)
*wihsil (Old Dutch)
- wessel, wixel, wissele, wissel (Middle Dutch)
  - wissel (Dutch)
    - wissel (Afrikaans)
wehsal (Old High German)
- wëhsel (Middle High German)
  - Wiessel (Luxembourgish)
wehsal (Old High German)
- wëhsel (Middle High German)
  - Wechsel (German)
    - weksel (Polish)
wehsal (Old High German)
- wëhsel (Middle High German)
  - Wechsel (German)
    - ве́ксель (vékselʹ) (Russian)
      - veksel (English)
víxl (Old Norse)
- veksel (Danish)
- víxl (Icelandic)
- veksel (Norwegian)
víxl (Old Norse)
- växel (Swedish)
  - vekseli (Finnish)

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