Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/warjaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-GermanicEdit

EtymologyEdit

Derived from *warjaną (“to hinder, defend”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑr.jɑz/

NounEdit

*warjaz m

1. defender
2. inhabitant; citizen

DeclensionEdit

Declension of *waraz (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*waraz	*warōz, *warōs
vocative	*war	*warōz, *warōs
accusative	*warą	*waranz
genitive	*waras, *waris	*warǫ̂
dative	*warai	*waramaz
instrumental	*warō	*waramiz

Usage notesEdit

This noun does not survive on its own in any language, but only as a suffix. This may mean that it appeared only in compounds in Proto-Germanic as well.

DescendantsEdit

The compound form of this noun was conflated with *-ārijaz in many languages, eventually causing both to be treated as one.

• Old English: -ware
  • Middle English: -ere
    • Scots: -ar, -er
    • English: -er
• Old Frisian: -ere
  • Saterland Frisian: -er
  • West Frisian: -er
• Old Saxon: *-āri
  • Middle Low German: -ære, -er
    • German Low German: -er
    • Old Norse: -ari
      • Faroese: -ari
      • Old Swedish: -are
        • Swedish: -are
• Old Dutch: *-āri
  • Middle Dutch: -ere
    • Dutch: -er
• Old High German: -āri, -eri
  • Middle High German: -āre, -ære, -er
    • German: -er
• Old Norse: -verr
  • Icelandic: -ver
• → Latin: -vārii (in ancient Germanic tribal names)