Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nawiz

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nh̥₂w-i-s (“corpse”), from *neh₂w- (“death; corpse”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂𐍉𐌽 (ganawistrōn, “to bury”), Proto-Balto-Slavic *nā́ˀwis (“death, corpse”),^[1] Tocharian B naut- (“to disappear; be destroyed”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɑ.wiz/

Noun

*nawiz m

corpse

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *nawiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*nawiz	*nawīz
vocative	*nawi	*nawīz
accusative	*nawį	*nawinz
genitive	*nawīz	*nawjǫ̂
dative	*nawī	*nawimaz
instrumental	*nawī	*nawimiz

Related terms

*naudiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *nawi
- Old English: nēo, nē
Old Norse: nár
- Icelandic: nár
- Norwegian Bokmål: nåe
Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍃 (naus)

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*nawi-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 385

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*nawi-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 385

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