Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/agraz

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

Plausibly from Pre-Germanic *h₂(e)kʷrós: Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷ-, the same root which gave *h₂ékʷeh₂ (whence Germanic *ahwō), with the suffix *-rós.[1] Thus equivalent to *ahwō +‎ *-raz.

Noun edit

*agraz m[1]

  1. flood
    Synonyms: *flaumaz, *flōduz

Inflection edit


Descendants edit

  • Proto-West Germanic: *agr
    • Old English: ēagor
    • Old Dutch: *aggar

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*agra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 5