Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nabugaiʀ

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *nabōgaizaz. Equivalent to *nabu (“nave”) +‎ *gaiʀ (“spear”).

Noun edit

*nabugaiʀ m

auger

Inflection edit

Lua error: coda error: [jʀ]

Descendants edit

Old English: nafugār, nafogār, nafegār
- Middle English: nauger, auger
  - English: auger
Old Frisian: navoger
Old Saxon: navugēr, nabugēr
- Middle Low German: neveger, eveger, never
  - Low German: naviger, näviger
  - Plautdietsch: Auger
Old Dutch: *navugēr
- Middle Dutch: nāvegêer, nāveger, nāvegāer, āvegêer
  - Dutch: avegaar, eveger, egger
Old High German: nabagēr, nabigēr, nabugēr
- Middle High German: nabeger, nebeger
  - German: Näber
  - Vilamovian: nȧgwer
→ Proto-Slavic: *nebozězъ, *nabozězъ