Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/twigimaz
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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]From Proto-Indo-European *dwiǵʰimos (“two winters (old)”), from *dwi- (“two”) + a form of *ǵʰéyōm (“winter”). Cognate with Latin bīmus (“two years old”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]*twigimaz
- (West Germanic) two years old
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *twigimaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *twigimaz | *twigimai | *twigimō | *twigimôz | *twigimą, -atō | *twigimō |
| Accusative | *twigimanǭ | *twigimanz | *twigimǭ | *twigimōz | *twigimą, -atō | *twigimō |
| Genitive | *twigimas, -is | *twigimaizǫ̂ | *twigimaizōz | *twigimaizǫ̂ | *twigimas, -is | *twigimaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *twigimammai | *twigimaimaz | *twigimaizōi | *twigimaimaz | *twigimammai | *twigimaimaz |
| Instrumental | *twigimanō | *twigimaimiz | *twigimaizō | *twigimaimiz | *twigimanō | *twigimaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *twigimô | *twigimaniz | *twigimǭ | *twigimōniz | *twigimô | *twigimōnō |
| Accusative | *twigimanų | *twigimanunz | *twigimōnų | *twigimōnunz | *twigimô | *twigimōnō |
| Genitive | *twigiminiz | *twigimanǫ̂ | *twigimōniz | *twigimōnǫ̂ | *twigiminiz | *twigimanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *twigimini | *twigimammaz | *twigimōni | *twigimōmaz | *twigimini | *twigimammaz |
| Instrumental | *twigiminē | *twigimammiz | *twigimōnē | *twigimōmiz | *twigiminē | *twigimammiz |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Frankish: *twigim (Latinized as tuigimus)
References
[edit]- Guus Kroonen (2013) “*gōīn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 184