Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nibilaz

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

Etymology

Derived from or related to *nebulaz (“fog, darkness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈni.βi.lɑz/

Adjective

*nibilaz

1. dark, misty

Inflection

Declension of *nibilaz (a-stem)

Strong declension
Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*nibilaz	*nibilai	*nibilō	*nibilôz	*nibilą, -atō	*nibilō
Accusative	*nibilanǭ	*nibilanz	*nibilǭ	*nibilōz	*nibilą, -atō	*nibilō
Genitive	*nibilas, -is	*nibilaizǫ̂	*nibilaizōz	*nibilaizǫ̂	*nibilas, -is	*nibilaizǫ̂
Dative	*nibilammai	*nibilaimaz	*nibilaizōi	*nibilaimaz	*nibilammai	*nibilaimaz
Instrumental	*nibilanō	*nibilaimiz	*nibilaizō	*nibilaimiz	*nibilanō	*nibilaimiz
Weak declension
Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*nibilô	*nibilaniz	*nibilǭ	*nibilōniz	*nibilô	*nibilōnō
Accusative	*nibilanų	*nibilanunz	*nibilōnų	*nibilōnunz	*nibilô	*nibilōnō
Genitive	*nibiliniz	*nibilanǫ̂	*nibilōniz	*nibilōnǫ̂	*nibiliniz	*nibilanǫ̂
Dative	*nibilini	*nibilammaz	*nibilōni	*nibilōmaz	*nibilini	*nibilammaz
Instrumental	*nibilinē	*nibilammiz	*nibilōnē	*nibilōmiz	*nibilinē	*nibilammiz

Descendants

• Old English: nifol
• Old Frisian: nevil
  • ⇒ Old Frisian: neilthiuster
• Old Norse: *nifl
  • Icelandic: nifl
    • → Faroese: nivlungar
  • ⇒ Old Norse: Niflheimr
    • → English: Niflheim

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN