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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwaþeraz
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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 *kʷóteros, from *kʷos (“which”). Cognate with Sanskrit कतर (katará), Ancient Greek πότερος (póteros), Proto-Slavic *koterъjь / *kotorъjь, Latin uter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxʷɑ.θe.rɑz/
Inflection
Declension of *hwaþeraz (a-stem, strong only)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *hwaþeraz | *hwaþirai | *hwaþerō | *hwaþerôz | *hwaþerą, *-at(ō) | *hwaþerō |
| accusative | *hwaþeranǭ | *hwaþeranz | *hwaþerǭ | *hwaþerōz | *hwaþerą, *-at(ō) | *hwaþerō |
| genitive | *hwaþeras, *hwaþiris | *hwaþiraizǫ̂ | *hwaþiraizōz | *hwaþiraizǫ̂ | *hwaþeras, *hwaþiris | *hwaþiraizǫ̂ |
| dative | *hwaþerammai | *hwaþiraimaz | *hwaþiraizōi | *hwaþiraimaz | *hwaþerammai | *hwaþiraimaz |
| instrumental | *hwaþeranō | *hwaþiraimiz | *hwaþiraizō | *hwaþiraimiz | *hwaþeranō | *hwaþiraimiz |
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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