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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwai
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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
Uncertain; presumably from Proto-Germanic *hwajaz,[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]
Inflection
| Masculine ja-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *hwai | |
| Genitive | *hwajas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hwai | *hwajō, *hwajōs |
| Accusative | *hwai | *hwajā |
| Genitive | *hwajas | *hwajō |
| Dative | *hwajē | *hwajum |
| Instrumental | *hwaju | *hwajum |
Descendants
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hwaja- ~ *huja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), 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 (in Dutch), volume IV, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
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