unda
unda Vorlage:lat. ‘Welle, Woge’
Uncertain. Possibly from a collective of Proto-Indo-European *udn-om n (“body of water”) reanalysed as a feminine singular and with metathesis of -dn- to -nd-, from *wódr̥, *udn- (“water”), attested in Italic as Umbrian 𐌖𐌕𐌖𐌓 (utur, “water”).[1]
The resemblance to Proto-Germanic *unþī (“wave”) appears to be accidental, with at most minor semantic confluence.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈun.da/, [ˈʊn̪d̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈun.da/, [ˈun̪d̪ä]
Noun
unda f (genitive undae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | unda | undae |
| Genitive | undae | undārum |
| Dative | undae | undīs |
| Accusative | undam | undās |
| Ablative | undā | undīs |
| Vocative | unda | undae |