Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwaij
Appearance
Proto-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain; presumably from Proto-Germanic *hwajjaz ~ *hujjas, *hujis,[1] possibly cognate with:
- Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšiHrám (“milk”), perhaps Proto-Indo-European *tkʷeyH-, *tkʷeHy-,[2]
- or Latin cāseus (“cheese”), Proto-Slavic *kvasъ (“leaven, fermented drink”), from Proto-Indo-European *kwh₂et- (“to ferment, turn sour”).[3]
Noun
[edit]*hwaij m
Inflection
[edit]Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *hwaij | |
Genitive | *hwaijas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *hwaij | *hwaijō, *hwaijōs |
Accusative | *hwaij | *hwaijā |
Genitive | *hwaijas | *hwaijō |
Dative | *hwaijē | *hwaijum |
Instrumental | *hwaiju | *hwaijum |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: hwǣġ, hwæiġ, hwēġ
- Old Frisian: *wei, *wai, weye
- Old Saxon: *hwei
- Old Dutch: *hwei, *wei
References
[edit]- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hwaja- ~ *huja-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 261-262
- ^ Rasmussen, J.E. (1990) “Germanic Verscharfung: tying up loose ends”, in Historical Linguistics 1987: papers from the 8th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Lille, 1987
- ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2009) “wei1”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands[2] (in Dutch), volume IV, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
Categories:
- Proto-West Germanic terms with unknown etymologies
- Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-West Germanic lemmas
- Proto-West Germanic nouns
- Proto-West Germanic masculine nouns
- gmw-pro:Milk
- gmw-pro:Cheeses
- Proto-West Germanic masculine a-stem nouns