Reconstruction talk:Proto-West Germanic/Walhaland

Walhaland alts
Hi ! The original formation appears to have been composed of walh + land "foreigner land". OHG Walholant/Walaho lant is a formation from the plural genitive of walh/walah "foreigner", hence "foreigners' land". Dutch and MLG formations with the -n (e.g. Walenlant) appear to be re-modelled formations conforming the first element to the plural genitive, so I think *Walhanland should be removed.

The other alt I added, *Walhanōland, was an attempt to justify the -n forms by deriving them from a weak genitive plural, but again as above, I think these should be removed (I was mistakingly thinking that walaho was a weak noun). They are not inherited with the -n, and should only show in the Descendants list. Leasnam (talk) 17:30, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Like with an-stems, I believe the internal thematic vowel would be -a(n)- (> NSG -ą-), see, , . I would further venture to guess that any forms with -o- actually derive from . --Skiulinamo (talk) 19:33, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

RFD discussion: November–December 2022
With no direct Germanic cognates, this reconstruction should be relegated to the etymology of OF. --Skiulinamo (talk) 00:39, 11 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I've added the Old High German and Middle Low German. Leasnam (talk) 06:11, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Cool, thanks! RFD stuck. --Skiulinamo (talk) 09:23, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * No worries. Came across OE and ON and added those to boot. Leasnam (talk) 17:02, 10 December 2022 (UTC)