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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/weraz
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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 *wiHrós, with pretonic shortening before a resonant.[1] Compare Latin vir, Sanskrit वीर (vīrá), Irish fear, Welsh gŵr and Lithuanian vyras.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwe.rɑz/
Inflection
| masculine a-stemDeclension of *weraz (masculine a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *weraz | *werōz, *werōs | |
| vocative | *wer | *werōz, *werōs | |
| accusative | *werą | *weranz | |
| genitive | *weras, *wiris | *werǫ̂ | |
| dative | *wirai | *weramaz | |
| instrumental | *werō | *weramiz | |
Derived terms
Descendants
Once used alongside *gumô in the sense of “man, husband”, today it has been replaced by *mann- and its descendants in all surviving Germanic languages. It is now mostly used in compounds such as “werewolf” or “world” or in poetical or dialectal usage. Note that French garou from loup-garou is rather a borrowing from Frankish *werawulf than a descendant from Latin vir.
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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