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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sūbrī

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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sōbrius + * (adjective suffix).

Adjective

*sūbrī[1]

  1. sober

Inflection

ja-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *sūbrī
Genitive *sūbrijas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *sūbrī *sūbriju *sūbrī
Accusative *sūbrijanā *sūbrijā *sūbrī
Genitive *sūbrijas *sūbrijeʀā *sūbrijas
Dative *sūbrijumē *sūbrijeʀē *sūbrijumē
Instrumental *sūbriju *sūbrijeʀu *sūbriju
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *sūbrijē *sūbrijō *sūbriju
Accusative *sūbrijā *sūbrijā *sūbriju
Genitive *sūbrijeʀō *sūbrijeʀō *sūbrijeʀō
Dative *sūbrijēm, *sūbrijum *sūbrijēm, *sūbrijum *sūbrijēm, *sūbrijum
Instrumental *sūbrijēm, *sūbrijum *sūbrijēm, *sūbrijum *sūbrijēm, *sūbrijum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: sȳfre, sēfre, sīfre
    • Middle English: syfre
  • Old Saxon: sūvar, sūvri
  • Old Dutch: *sūvar
    • Middle Dutch: suver
      • Dutch: zuiver
        • Afrikaans: suiwer
        • Aukan: soifili
        • Sranan Tongo: soifri
          • Saramaccan: sóífí
      • Limburgish: zuver
      • Zealandic: zuver
  • Old High German: sūbar

References

  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 137:PWGmc *sūbrī
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