Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wīnafatą

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 *wīną (“wine”) +‎ *fatą (“vessel”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈwiː.nɑ.ˌɸɑ.tɑ̃/

Noun edit

*wīnafatą n^[1]

a vessel for containing wine; wine-cask, wine-jug

Inflection edit

neuter a-stemDeclension of *wīnafatą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wīnafatą	*wīnafatō
vocative	*wīnafatą	*wīnafatō
accusative	*wīnafatą	*wīnafatō
genitive	wīnafatas, wīnafatis	*wīnafatǫ̂
dative	*wīnafatai	*wīnafatamaz
instrumental	*wīnafatō	*wīnafatamiz

Descendants edit

Old English: wīnfæt
Old Saxon: *wīnfat
- Middle Low German: wīnfat
Old High German: wīnfaz
- Middle High German: wīnvaz
  - German: Weinfass
Old Norse: vínfat
- Icelandic: vínfat

References edit

^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wīna-fatan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 467

[1] Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wīna-fatan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 467

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