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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kwād
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This Proto-West 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. |
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kwēdaz (“defecated, filthy”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷweh₁-tó-s, *gʷuh₁-tó-s (“defecated”), from *gʷewh₁- (“to defecate”) + *-tós. Cognate with Old Armenian կու (ku), կոյ (koy, “excrement”).[1][2]
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *kwād | ||
| Genitive | *kwādas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *kwād | *kwādu | *kwād |
| Accusative | *kwādanā | *kwādā | *kwād |
| Genitive | *kwādas | *kwādeʀā | *kwādas |
| Dative | *kwādumē | *kwādeʀē | *kwādumē |
| Instrumental | *kwādu | *kwādeʀu | *kwādu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *kwādē | *kwādō | *kwādu |
| Accusative | *kwādā | *kwādā | *kwādu |
| Genitive | *kwādeʀō | *kwādeʀō | *kwādeʀō |
| Dative | *kwādēm, *kwādum | *kwādēm, *kwādum | *kwādēm, *kwādum |
| Instrumental | *kwādēm, *kwādum | *kwādēm, *kwādum | *kwādēm, *kwādum |
Descendants
Inflection
| Neuter a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *kwād | |
| Genitive | *kwādas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *kwād | *kwādu |
| Accusative | *kwād | *kwādu |
| Genitive | *kwādas | *kwādō |
| Dative | *kwādē | *kwādum |
| Instrumental | *kwādu | *kwādum |
Descendants
References
- Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Kot”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 408: “*kwǣda-”
- Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 227
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