Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/erbô

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps connected to Proto-Germanic *erpaz (light brown) or to Ancient Greek ἔριφος (ériphos, young goat), or perhaps connected to Norwegian jarva (gnaw, chew).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

*erbô m

  1. (North Germanic) wolverine

Inflection[edit]

masculine an-stemDeclension of *erbô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *erbô *erbaniz
vocative *erbô *erbaniz
accusative *erbanų *erbanunz
genitive *irbiniz *erbanǫ̂
dative *irbini *erbammaz
instrumental *irbinē *erbammiz

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN