Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/witalausaz
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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 *witą (“knowledge, sense, wit”) + *-lausaz (“-less”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
*witalausaz[1]
Inflection edit
Declension of *witalausaz (a-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *witalausaz | *witalausai | *witalausō | *witalausôz | *witalausą, *-at(ō) | *witalausō |
| accusative | *witalausanǭ | *witalausanz | *witalausǭ | *witalausōz | *witalausą, *-at(ō) | *witalausō |
| genitive | *witalausas, *witalausis | *witalausaizǫ̂ | *witalausaizōz | *witalausaizǫ̂ | *witalausas, *witalausis | *witalausaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *witalausammai | *witalausaimaz | *witalausaizōi | *witalausaimaz | *witalausammai | *witalausaimaz |
| instrumental | *witalausanō | *witalausaimiz | *witalausaizō | *witalausaimiz | *witalausanō | *witalausaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *witalausô | *witalausaniz | *witalausǭ | *witalausōniz | *witalausô | *witalausōnō |
| accusative | *witalausanų | *witalausanunz | *witalausōnų | *witalausōnunz | *witalausô | *witalausōnō |
| genitive | *witalausiniz | *witalausanǫ̂ | *witalausōniz | *witalausōnǫ̂ | *witalausiniz | *witalausanǫ̂ |
| dative | *witalausini | *witalausammaz | *witalausōni | *witalausōmaz | *witalausini | *witalausammaz |
| instrumental | *witalausinē | *witalausammiz | *witalausōnē | *witalausōmiz | *witalausinē | *witalausammiz |
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*witalausaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 463