Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dwerg

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dwergaz.

Noun

*dwerg m

1. dwarf

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dwerg
Genitive	*dwergas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dwerg	*dwergō, *dwergōs
Accusative	*dwerg	*dwergā
Genitive	*dwergas	*dwergō
Dative	*dwergē	*dwergum
Instrumental	*dwergu	*dwergum

Descendants

• Old English: dweorg, dweorh, dwerg
  • Middle English: dwerf, dwergh, dwerw
    • English: dwarf
    • Scots: droich, droch, dwerch, duerch, duerche, dorche
      • → Scottish Gaelic: troich
• Old Frisian: dwerch
  • Saterland Frisian: Dwärch
  • West Frisian: dwerch
• Old Saxon: dwerg
  • Middle Low German: dwerch, dwarch, dwark
    • Low German: Dwarg
• Old Dutch: *dwerg
  • Middle Dutch: dwerch
    • Dutch: dwerg
      • Afrikaans: dwerg
• Old High German: twerc, twerg
  • Middle High German: twerc
    • German: Zwerg