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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wirsizô

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

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to rise; peak”). Probably related to Irish fearr (“better”), which has the opposite meaning. The original meaning could therefore be 'further outside, more extreme'. Maybe related to Lithuanian viršùs (“upper part, peak”), viršutìnis (“upper, outer”), and Sanskrit वर्षीयस् (várṣīyas, “higher”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwir.zi.zɔːː/

Adjective

*wirsizô (adverb *wirsiz)[1][2][3]

  1. comparative degree of *ubilaz

Inflection
Declension of *wirsizô (an/īn-stem)
Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural
Nominative *wirsizô *wirsizaniz *wirsizį̄ *wirsizīniz *wirsizô *wirsizōnō
Accusative *wirsizanų *wirsizanunz *wirsizīnų *wirsizīnunz *wirsizô *wirsizōnō
Genitive *wirsiziniz *wirsizanǫ̂ *wirsizīniz *wirsizīnǫ̂ *wirsiziniz *wirsizanǫ̂
Dative *wirsizini *wirsizammaz *wirsizīni *wirsizīmaz *wirsizini *wirsizammaz
Instrumental *wirsizinē *wirsizammiz *wirsizīnē *wirsizīmiz *wirsizinē *wirsizammiz


Alternative reconstructions

Derived terms

References
  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 85: “PGmc *wirsizō̄”
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wersiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 457
  3. Heidermanns, Frank (1993) “werzizan- (> wersizan-)”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica; 33) (in German), Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 675-676
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