Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/weraz
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós, with pretonic shortening before a resonant.[1] Compare Latin vir, Sanskrit वीर (vīrá), Irish fear, Welsh gŵr and Lithuanian vyras.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]*weraz m
Inflection
[edit]masculine a-stemDeclension of *weraz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *weraz | *werōz, *werōs | |
vocative | *wer | *werōz, *werōs | |
accusative | *werą | *weranz | |
genitive | *weras, *wiris | *werǫ̂ | |
dative | *werai | *weramaz | |
instrumental | *werō | *weramiz |
Reconstruction notes
[edit]Once used alongside *gumô in the sense of “man, husband”, today it has been replaced by *mann- and its descendants in all surviving Germanic languages.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN