Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-wardas

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Fossilized from the genitive singular of *-ward.

Suffix

*-wardas

1. Alternative form of *-ward: -ward

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*-wardas
Genitive	*-wardasas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*-wardas	*-wardasu	*-wardas
Accusative	*-wardasanā	*-wardasā	*-wardas
Genitive	*-wardasas	*-wardaseʀā	*-wardasas
Dative	*-wardasumē	*-wardaseʀē	*-wardasumē
Instrumental	*-wardasu	*-wardaseʀu	*-wardasu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*-wardasē	*-wardasō	*-wardasu
Accusative	*-wardasā	*-wardasā	*-wardasu
Genitive	*-wardaseʀō	*-wardaseʀō	*-wardaseʀō
Dative	*-wardasēm, *-wardasum	*-wardasēm, *-wardasum	*-wardasēm, *-wardasum
Instrumental	*-wardasēm, *-wardasum	*-wardasēm, *-wardasum	*-wardasēm, *-wardasum

Derived terms

Category Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-wardas not found

Descendants

• Old English: -weardes
  • Middle English: -wardes, -wardis, -wardus
    • English: -wards
    • Scots: -wardis
• Old Saxon: *-wardes
  • Middle Low German: -wērdes
    • Low German: -warts
    • → Swedish: -värtes
• Old Dutch: -wardes, *-werdes
  • Middle Dutch: -waerts, -werts
    • Dutch: -waarts
• Old High German: -wartes, -wertes
  • Middle High German: -wertes
    • German: -wärts