*windaz

Runic: ᚹᛁᚾᛞᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈwin.dɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

wind

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (‘blowing; that which blows, i.e. air, wind’) (genitive *h₂uh₁n̥tés), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (‘to blow’). Cognate with Latin ventus (‘wind’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	windaz	windōz, windōs
Acc.	windą	windanz
Gen.	windas, windis	windǫ̂
Dat.	windai	windamaz
Inst.	windō	windamiz
Voc.	wind	windōz, windōs

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Descendants

*wind (Proto-West Germanic)
- wint (Old Dutch)
  - wint (Middle Dutch)
    - windj (Limburgish)
*wind (Proto-West Germanic)
- wint (Old Dutch)
  - wint (Middle Dutch)
    - wind (Dutch)
      - wind (Afrikaans)
      - winta (Aukan)
      - wende (Berbice Creole Dutch)
      - wind, win, wen (Negerhollands)
      - went (Skepi Creole Dutch)
      - winti (Sranan Tongo)
*wind (Proto-West Germanic)
- wind (Old English)
  - wynd, wend, wende, wind, winde, wynde (Middle English)
    - wind (English)
    - wind, win (Scots)
    - weend, wyeene (Yola)
*wind (Proto-West Germanic)
- wind (Old Frisian)
  - ? (North Frisian)
  - Wíend (Saterland Frisian)
  - wyn (West Frisian)
*wind (Proto-West Germanic)
- wint (Old High German)
  - wint (Middle High German)
    - ? (Alemannic German)
    - ? (Bavarian)
    - Wind (German)
    - Wand (Luxembourgish)
    - wynt (Vilamovian)
    - ווינט (vint) (Yiddish)
*wind (Proto-West Germanic)
- wind (Old Saxon)
  - wint (Middle Low German)
    - Wind (German Low German)
    - Wint (Plautdietsch)
vindr (Old Norse)
- wind (Elfdalian)
- vindur (Faroese)
- vinn, vind (Gutnish)
- vindur (Icelandic)
- vind (Norwegian Nynorsk)
vindr (Old Norse)
- wende (Old Danish)
  - vind, vend (Danish)
    - vind (Norwegian Bokmål)
vindr (Old Norse)
- vinder (Old Swedish)
  - vind (Swedish)
    - vintti (Finnish)
𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 (winds) (Gothic)

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