Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/geraz
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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
Related to *gernaz (“willing, eager”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
*geraz
Inflection edit
Declension of *geraz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *geraz | *gerai | *gerō | *gerôz | *gerą, -atō | *gerō |
| Accusative | *geranǭ | *geranz | *gerǭ | *gerōz | *gerą, -atō | *gerō |
| Genitive | *geras, -is | *geraizǫ̂ | *geraizōz | *geraizǫ̂ | *geras, -is | *geraizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *gerammai | *geraimaz | *geraizōi | *geraimaz | *gerammai | *geraimaz |
| Instrumental | *geranō | *geraimiz | *geraizō | *geraimiz | *geranō | *geraimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *gerô | *geraniz | *gerǭ | *gerōniz | *gerô | *gerōnō |
| Accusative | *geranų | *geranunz | *gerōnų | *gerōnunz | *gerô | *gerōnō |
| Genitive | *geriniz | *geranǫ̂ | *gerōniz | *gerōnǫ̂ | *geriniz | *geranǫ̂ |
| Dative | *gerini | *gerammaz | *gerōni | *gerōmaz | *gerini | *gerammaz |
| Instrumental | *gerinē | *gerammiz | *gerōnē | *gerōmiz | *gerinē | *gerammiz |
Derived terms edit
- *girį̄
- *gīrǭ
- Gothic: *𐌲𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍉 (*geirō) in 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌲𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍉 (faihugeirō)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Gier”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891