Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nabugaiʀ

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *nabōgaizaz. Equivalent to *nabu (“nave”) +‎ *gaiʀ (“spear”).

Noun

*nabugaiʀ m

auger

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*nabugaiʀ
Genitive	*nabugaiʀas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*nabugaiʀ	nabugaiʀō, nabugaiʀōs
Accusative	*nabugaiʀ	*nabugaiʀā
Genitive	*nabugaiʀas	*nabugaiʀō
Dative	*nabugaiʀē	*nabugaiʀum
Instrumental	*nabugaiʀu	*nabugaiʀum

Descendants

Old English: nafogār, nafegār
- Middle English: nauger, auger
  - English: auger
Old Frisian: navoger
Old Saxon: navugēr, nabugēr
- Middle Low German: neveger, eveger, never
  - Low German: naviger, näviger
  - Plautdietsch: Auger
Old Dutch: *navugēr
- Middle Dutch: nāvegêer, nāveger, nāvegāer, āvegêer
  - Dutch: avegaar, eveger, egger
Old High German: nabagēr, nabigēr, nabugēr
- Middle High German: nabeger, nebeger
  - German: Näber
  - Vilamovian: nȧgwer
→ Slavic: *nebozězъ, *nabozězъ

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