Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwītaz
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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]Kroonen notes a possible derivation from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytōr, genitive *ḱwitnós, a heteroclitic byform of *ḱweytos (“bright; shine”). The oblique stem, used to form *ḱwitnós would create a voiceless geminate stop tt assuming Kluge's law, which would be reduced to a single t after the heavy first syllable once the consonantism was analogically extended to other cases. Compare Proto-Slavic *světъ (“light; world”), Sanskrit श्वेत (śvetá, “white, bright”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]*hwītaz
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *hwītaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hwītaz | *hwītai | *hwītō | *hwītôz | *hwītą, -atō | *hwītō |
| Accusative | *hwītanǭ | *hwītanz | *hwītǭ | *hwītōz | *hwītą, -atō | *hwītō |
| Genitive | *hwītas, -is | *hwītaizǫ̂ | *hwītaizōz | *hwītaizǫ̂ | *hwītas, -is | *hwītaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *hwītammai | *hwītaimaz | *hwītaizōi | *hwītaimaz | *hwītammai | *hwītaimaz |
| Instrumental | *hwītanō | *hwītaimiz | *hwītaizō | *hwītaimiz | *hwītanō | *hwītaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hwītô | *hwītaniz | *hwītǭ | *hwītōniz | *hwītô | *hwītōnō |
| Accusative | *hwītanų | *hwītanunz | *hwītōnų | *hwītōnunz | *hwītô | *hwītōnō |
| Genitive | *hwītiniz | *hwītanǫ̂ | *hwītōniz | *hwītōnǫ̂ | *hwītiniz | *hwītanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *hwītini | *hwītammaz | *hwītōni | *hwītōmaz | *hwītini | *hwītammaz |
| Instrumental | *hwītinē | *hwītammiz | *hwītōnē | *hwītōmiz | *hwītinē | *hwītammiz |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *hwīt
- Old Norse: hvítr
- Gothic: 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍃 (ƕeits)
- ⇒ Crimean Gothic: wichtgata
See also
[edit]| *blaikaz, *blankaz, *hwītaz, *blasaz | *falwaz, *grēwaz, *haswaz, *grīsaz, *hairaz | *blakaz, *swartaz |
| *raudaz | *brūnaz, *erpaz, *dusnaz | *gelwaz, *gulaz |
| *grōniz | *grōniz | |
| *blēwaz | *blēwaz, *hēwijaz | |
| *blēwaz, *hēwijaz | *baswaz |