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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/narrjō

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

Unknown; suggested to be borrowed from Vulgar Latin *naricāre (“to taunt”) +‎ *-ō, *-jō (agent noun suffix), whence French narguer (“to taunt”), perhaps with the orignal meaning “to wrinkle up one's nose”, from Latin nāris (“nose”).[1][2] Alternatively, a native formation, related to Middle High German narren (“to snarl”).[3]

Noun

*narrjō m

  1. a fool

Inflection
Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *narrjō
Genitive *narrjini, *narrjan
Singular Plural
Nominative *narrjō *narrjan
Accusative *narrjan *narrjan
Genitive *narrjini, *narrjan *narrjanō
Dative *narrjini, *narrjan *narrjum
Instrumental *narrjini, *narrjan *narrjum

Derived terms
  • *narrjan
    • Old Saxon: *narrian
      • Middle High German: narren
        • ⇒ Middle High German: genarren
    • Old High German: *narrēn
      • Middle High German: narre
      • ⇒ Old High German: irnarrēn

Descendants

References
  1. van Veen, P.A.F.; van der Sijs, Nicoline (1997), “nar”, in Etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van onze woorden (in Dutch), Utrecht; Antwerpen: Van Dale Lexicografie, →ISBN
  2. Brachet, Auguste (1882), G. W. Kitchin, transl., An Etymological Dictionary of the French Language [Crowned by the French Academy], 3rd edition, Clarendon Press, page 263: “from L. naricare* (properly to wrinkle up the nose, as a sign of contempt), from L. naricus*, der. from naris”
  3. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “1. (s)ner-, (s)nur-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 975
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