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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/airuz

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

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ey- (“to go”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯.ruz/

Noun

*airuz m[1]

  1. messenger; herald

Inflection
u-stemDeclension of *airuz (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *airuz *airiwiz
vocative *airu *airiwiz
accusative *airų *airunz
genitive *airauz *airiwǫ̂
dative *airiwi *airumaz
instrumental *airū *airumiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*airu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 13
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