Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wirsizô
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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 edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Adjective edit
*wirsizô (adverb *wirsiz)[1][2][3]
Inflection edit
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 edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ 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”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wersiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 457
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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