Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/warzaz

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 *wers- (“to protrude; peak, excrescence”). Cognate with Latin verruca (“wart; hillock”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɑr.zɑz/

Noun

*warzaz m

1. callus

Declension

masculine a-stemDeclension of *warzaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*warzaz	*warzōz, *warzōs
vocative	*warz	*warzōz, *warzōs
accusative	*warzą	*warzanz
genitive	*warzas, *warzis	*warzǫ̂
dative	*warzai	*warzamaz
instrumental	*warzō	*warzamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *warʀ, *wars
  • Old English: wearr, wear
    • Middle English: warre, werre, werr
      • English: war (dialectal)
        • ⇒ English: warrabee, warble (dialectal)
      • ⇒ English: weerock
      • Scots: war, waur, wer
      • ⇒ Early Scots: wyrok
        • Scots: wirrok, werrock, warrack, warrach, warroch
  • ⇒ Old Frisian: wersene, wirsene f (< *warsīnu, *warsīnā)
  • Old Dutch: *warr
    • Middle Dutch: warre, weer, wier
      • Dutch: war, weer, wier, weure, weur
        • ⇒ Dutch: weerooghe (obsolete)
      • West Flemish: warre
• Old Norse:
  • Elfdalian: weer