Appendix:Proto-Germanic/wargaz

This entry contains Proto-Germanic reconstructed words 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 *wergʰ-, *werǵʰ- (“to turn, twist, press, constrict, strangle; enemy, captive”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to turn, bend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈwɑr.ɣɑz/

Noun

*wargaz m

1. outlaw, criminal

Declension

Declension of *wargaz (a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wargaz	*wargōz, -ōs
Vocative	*warg	*wargōz, -ōs
Accusative	*wargą	*warganz
Genitive	*wargas, -is	*wargǫ̂
Dative	*wargai	*wargamaz
Instrumental	*wargō	*wargamiz

Derived terms

• *wargijaną

Descendants

• West-Germanic: *wargaz
  • Old English: wearh/wearg, werg
    • Middle English: wari, weri
  • Old Saxon: warg
  • Old Dutch: *warg
    • Middle Dutch: werch, warch
      • Dutch (chiefly in southern dialect, and occassionaly in northern dialect): warg
  • Old High German: warg
• North-Germanic: *wargaz
  • Old Norse: vargr
    • Icelandic: vargur
    • Faroese: vargur
    • Elfdalian: warg
    • Swedish: varg
    • Danish: varg
• Finnic: *varɣas
  • Estonian: varas
  • Finnish: varas
  • Karelian: varas
  • Veps: vargas