Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/erknastainaz
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom *erknaz (“holy, genuine, precious”) + *stainaz (“stone”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*erknastainaz m[1]
Inflection
editmasculine a-stemDeclension of *erknastainaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *erknastainaz | *erknastainōz, *erknastainōs | |
vocative | *erknastain | *erknastainōz, *erknastainōs | |
accusative | *erknastainą | *erknastainanz | |
genitive | *erknastainas, *erknastainis | *erknastainǫ̂ | |
dative | *erknastainai | *erknastainamaz | |
instrumental | *erknastainō | *erknastainamiz |
Descendants
edit- Old English: eorcnanstān
- → English: arkenstone
- Old Norse: jarknasteinn
- Icelandic: jarknasteinn
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*erkna-stainaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 84