Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/glawwaz
Proto-Germanic
editAlternative forms
edit- *glawwuz (earlier form)
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *gʰlewH- (“clear, sharp”); cognate with Old Irish gluair (“clear, clean”) and perhaps *glūnēn- (“to peer”), whence dialectal Swedish gluna (“to stare, peer”) and Latvian glũnêt (“to lour”).[1]
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edit*glawwaz
Inflection
editDeclension of *glawwaz (a-stem)
Strong declension | ||||||
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Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *glawwaz | *glawwai | *glawwō | *glawwôz | *glawwą, -atō | *glawwō |
Accusative | *glawwanǭ | *glawwanz | *glawwǭ | *glawwōz | *glawwą, -atō | *glawwō |
Genitive | *glawwas, -is | *glawwaizǫ̂ | *glawwaizōz | *glawwaizǫ̂ | *glawwas, -is | *glawwaizǫ̂ |
Dative | *glawwammai | *glawwaimaz | *glawwaizōi | *glawwaimaz | *glawwammai | *glawwaimaz |
Instrumental | *glawwanō | *glawwaimiz | *glawwaizō | *glawwaimiz | *glawwanō | *glawwaimiz |
Weak declension | ||||||
Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *glawwô | *glawwaniz | *glawwǭ | *glawwōniz | *glawwô | *glawwōnō |
Accusative | *glawwanų | *glawwanunz | *glawwōnų | *glawwōnunz | *glawwô | *glawwōnō |
Genitive | *glawwiniz | *glawwanǫ̂ | *glawwōniz | *glawwōnǫ̂ | *glawwiniz | *glawwanǫ̂ |
Dative | *glawwini | *glawwammaz | *glawwōni | *glawwōmaz | *glawwini | *glawwammaz |
Instrumental | *glawwinē | *glawwammiz | *glawwōnē | *glawwōmiz | *glawwinē | *glawwammiz |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *glauw
- Old Norse: glǫggr, gløggr
- Gothic: *𐌲𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 (*glaggws), *𐌲𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌿𐍃 (*glaggus) (in derivatives)