Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/arhwō

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂érkʷo- (“bow, arrow”). Compare Latin arcus.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɑr.xʷɔː/

Noun edit

*arhwō f^[1]

arrow

Inflection edit

ō-stemDeclension of *arhwō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*arhwō	*arhwôz
vocative	*arhwō	*arhwôz
accusative	*arhwǭ	*arhwōz
genitive	*arhwōz	*arhwǫ̂
dative	*arhwōi	*arhwōmaz
instrumental	*arhwō	*arhwōmiz

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *arhu
- Old English: earh, arwe, arewe
  - Middle English: arwe, arewe, arowe, arow
    - Scots: arowe, arow
    - English: arrow
Old Norse: ǫr
- Icelandic: ör
- Faroese: ørv f, ørvur m
- Old Swedish: arf
- → Swedish: Orvar (borrowed from Old West Norse as personal name)
Gothic: *𐌰𐍂𐍈𐌰 (*arƕa)
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐍈𐌰𐌶𐌽𐌰 (arƕazna)

References edit

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*arhwō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 34

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*arhwō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 34

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