Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nibilaz
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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]Derived from or related to *nebulaz (“fog, darkness”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]*nibilaz
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *nibilaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *nibilaz | *nibilai | *nibilō | *nibilôz | *nibilą, -atō | *nibilō |
| Accusative | *nibilanǭ | *nibilanz | *nibilǭ | *nibilōz | *nibilą, -atō | *nibilō |
| Genitive | *nibilas, -is | *nibilaizǫ̂ | *nibilaizōz | *nibilaizǫ̂ | *nibilas, -is | *nibilaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *nibilammai | *nibilaimaz | *nibilaizōi | *nibilaimaz | *nibilammai | *nibilaimaz |
| Instrumental | *nibilanō | *nibilaimiz | *nibilaizō | *nibilaimiz | *nibilanō | *nibilaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *nibilô | *nibilaniz | *nibilǭ | *nibilōniz | *nibilô | *nibilōnō |
| Accusative | *nibilanų | *nibilanunz | *nibilōnų | *nibilōnunz | *nibilô | *nibilōnō |
| Genitive | *nibiliniz | *nibilanǫ̂ | *nibilōniz | *nibilōnǫ̂ | *nibiliniz | *nibilanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *nibilini | *nibilammaz | *nibilōni | *nibilōmaz | *nibilini | *nibilammaz |
| Instrumental | *nibilinē | *nibilammiz | *nibilōnē | *nibilōmiz | *nibilinē | *nibilammiz |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: nifol
- Old Frisian: nevil
- ⇒ Old Frisian: neilthiuster
- Old Norse: *nifl
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