non-IE/Germanic/v, w
Rick Mc Callister
rmccalli at sunmuw1.MUW.Edu
Sun Feb 21 21:21:13 UTC 1999
vodal "homeland" [OHG] [from Bach 1970] [tv84]
Wachs n., wax [jtw]
Waffe f., weapon [jtw]
waip- "sweetbriar" > Middle Dutch wepe, weype < dialectic German [epc]
wak-e:- "to wake" > wacian [OE] > wake;
[< ?Afro-Asiatic "Atlantic",
see Semitic w-q-i: "to keep, preserve"] [tv97]
watch, guaite [Fr < Germanic] [tv84] [same as wak-?]
walhaz "foreigner" > Welsh, walnut, Walloon, Vlakh, Wälsche
[rel to folk?, to Volcae?] [cw]
wange, guancia "cheek" [It < Germanic] [tv84]
ward-e:- "to look out, to guard" > weardian [OE] > ward
[< ?Afro-Asiatic "Atlantic",
see Semitic w-r-d, j-r-d [to descend, also "serve"] [tv97]
warrant, garant "guarantor" [Fr < Germanic] [tv84]
weasel, Wiesel [jtw]
weihen [tv84]
Weizen n., wheat [jtw] [Agriculture]
Welpe, hwelp [OE, O Sax] > whelp
[< ?Afro-Asiatic "Atlantic";
see Sem. k-l-b "dog"] [tv97]
wepnam "weapon" [rc]
west, West m. [bc, jtw]
winter, Winter [tv84]
Wirt m. "landlord" [jtw]
wolcae tribal name > ?folk (Latin) [rc]
Wolke [tv84]
womb [rc]
Wrack n., wreck [jtw]
wyf "female" > wife (West Germanic) [bc, cw, d, p&a, rc]
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