Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwastuz
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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
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷes- (“twig; leafwork”).
Alternatively perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gwosdos (“piece of wood”). Compare Proto-Celtic *bozdos (“tail, penis”), Middle Irish bot (“tail, penis”), Welsh both (“hub, nave”), Proto-Slavic *gvozdь (“nail, tack, peg”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
*kwastuz m
Inflection edit
| u-stemDeclension of *kwastuz (u-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *kwastuz | *kwastiwiz | |
| vocative | *kwastu | *kwastiwiz | |
| accusative | *kwastų | *kwastunz | |
| genitive | *kwastauz | *kwastiwǫ̂ | |
| dative | *kwastiwi | *kwastumaz | |
| instrumental | *kwastū | *kwastumiz | |
Descendants edit
- Old Frisian: *kwast
- Old Saxon: *kwast
- Old Dutch: *kwast
- Old High German: *quast, *quasta, questa
- Old Norse: *kvǫstr; (kvistr)
References edit
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gvozdь; *gvozdъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 196: “m. i; m o ‘nail’”