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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwarjaz

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 earlier *kʷoryos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxʷɑr.jɑz/

Determiner

*hwarjaz

  1. (interrogative) which, what (of many)

Inflection


Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-Norse: *ᚺᚹᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉ (*hwarjaʀ)
  • Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐍃 (ƕarjis)

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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