Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwikwaz
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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
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
*kwikwaz
Inflection edit
Declension of *kwikwaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *kwikwaz | *kwikwai | *kwikwō | *kwikwôz | *kwikwą, -atō | *kwikwō |
| Accusative | *kwikwanǭ | *kwikwanz | *kwikwǭ | *kwikwōz | *kwikwą, -atō | *kwikwō |
| Genitive | *kwikwas, -is | *kwikwaizǫ̂ | *kwikwaizōz | *kwikwaizǫ̂ | *kwikwas, -is | *kwikwaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *kwikwammai | *kwikwaimaz | *kwikwaizōi | *kwikwaimaz | *kwikwammai | *kwikwaimaz |
| Instrumental | *kwikwanō | *kwikwaimiz | *kwikwaizō | *kwikwaimiz | *kwikwanō | *kwikwaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *kwikwô | *kwikwaniz | *kwikwǭ | *kwikwōniz | *kwikwô | *kwikwōnō |
| Accusative | *kwikwanų | *kwikwanunz | *kwikwōnų | *kwikwōnunz | *kwikwô | *kwikwōnō |
| Genitive | *kwikwiniz | *kwikwanǫ̂ | *kwikwōniz | *kwikwōnǫ̂ | *kwikwiniz | *kwikwanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *kwikwini | *kwikwammaz | *kwikwōni | *kwikwōmaz | *kwikwini | *kwikwammaz |
| Instrumental | *kwikwinē | *kwikwammiz | *kwikwōnē | *kwikwōmiz | *kwikwinē | *kwikwammiz |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *kwiku
- Old Norse: kvikr, kykr
- Gothic: 𐌵𐌹𐌿𐍃 (qius)