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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ardugaz

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃érdʰ-u-s, from *h₃erdʰ- + *-us. Cognate with Latin arduus.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈɑr.du.ɣɑz/

Adjective

*ardugaz[1]

  1. steep

Inflection


Descendants

  • Old Norse: ǫrðugr

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*arduga-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 33
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