Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwerþrą
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Pre-Germanic *gʷérh₃trom, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”).
Noun
[edit]*kwerþrą n
Inflection
[edit]neuter a-stemDeclension of *kwerþrą (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *kwerþrą | *kwerþrō | |
vocative | *kwerþrą | *kwerþrō | |
accusative | *kwerþrą | *kwerþrō | |
genitive | *kwerþras, *kwirþris | *kwerþrǫ̂ | |
dative | *kwirþrai | *kwerþramaz | |
instrumental | *kwerþrō | *kwerþramiz |
Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Pre-Germanic *gʷértrom, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷer- (“to cut up, off”). Compare Hittite 𒆪𒅕 (ku-er, “to cut up”), although Kloekhorst reconstructs a different root.
Noun
[edit]*kwerþrą n
Inflection
[edit]neuter a-stemDeclension of *kwerþrą (neuter a-stem) | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | ||
nominative | *kwerþrą | *kwerþrō | |
vocative | *kwerþrą | *kwerþrō | |
accusative | *kwerþrą | *kwerþrō | |
genitive | *kwerþras, *kwirþris | *kwerþrǫ̂ | |
dative | *kwirþrai | *kwerþramaz | |
instrumental | *kwerþrō | *kwerþramiz |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 212
- Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 486-487