Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/werduz
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Pre-Germanic *(H)uer-, which could be related to *waraz (“watchful, aware”), in which case the related Old Norse verðr (“meal”) would have had an earlier meaning of "attendance." Or, possibly related to *werþaną (“to come about, happen”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*werduz m
Inflection
editu-stemDeclension of *werduz (u-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *werduz | *wirdiwiz | |
vocative | *werdu | *wirdiwiz | |
accusative | *werdų | *werdunz | |
genitive | *werdauz | *wirdiwǫ̂ | |
dative | *wirdiwi | *werdumaz | |
instrumental | *werdū | *werdumiz |
Descendants
edit- Old English: weard
- Old Frisian: *werd (compare werda (“host”), werdskip (“feast”))
- Old Saxon: werd, wird
- Old Dutch: *wird
- Old High German: *wirt
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 (wairdus)
References
edit- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “werdu”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 579-80