Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þewaz

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

Uncertain. Possibly either from earlier *þegwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (to run), or from *tew(h₂)- (to swell, grow).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

*þewaz m

  1. slave, servant

Inflection edit

masculine a-stemDeclension of *þewaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *þewaz *þewōz, *þewōs
vocative *þew *þewōz, *þewōs
accusative *þewą *þewanz
genitive *þewas, *þiwis *þewǫ̂
dative *þiwai *þewamaz
instrumental *þewō *þewamiz

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