Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/balwaz
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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Possibly related to Old Church Slavonic болѣти (bolěti, “to be sick, be in pain”), Cornish bal (“disease”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]*balwaz
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *balwaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *balwaz | *balwai | *balwō | *balwôz | *balwą, -atō | *balwō |
| Accusative | *balwanǭ | *balwanz | *balwǭ | *balwōz | *balwą, -atō | *balwō |
| Genitive | *balwas, -is | *balwaizǫ̂ | *balwaizōz | *balwaizǫ̂ | *balwas, -is | *balwaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *balwammai | *balwaimaz | *balwaizōi | *balwaimaz | *balwammai | *balwaimaz |
| Instrumental | *balwanō | *balwaimiz | *balwaizō | *balwaimiz | *balwanō | *balwaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *balwô | *balwaniz | *balwǭ | *balwōniz | *balwô | *balwōnō |
| Accusative | *balwanų | *balwanunz | *balwōnų | *balwōnunz | *balwô | *balwōnō |
| Genitive | *balwiniz | *balwanǫ̂ | *balwōniz | *balwōnǫ̂ | *balwiniz | *balwanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *balwini | *balwammaz | *balwōni | *balwōmaz | *balwini | *balwammaz |
| Instrumental | *balwinē | *balwammiz | *balwōnē | *balwōmiz | *balwinē | *balwammiz |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *balu
- Old Norse: *bǫlvíss
- Icelandic: bölvís
- Gothic: *𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌿𐍃 (*balus) (in 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌰𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌴𐌹 (balwawēsei) (< *balwa-wēs-); 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (balwjan))
References
[edit]- ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “baldadig”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press