Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dwerg

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dwergaz.

Noun

*dwerg m

dwarf

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dwerg
Genitive	*dwergas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dwerg	dwergō, dwergōs
Accusative	*dwerg	*dwergā
Genitive	*dwergas	*dwergō
Dative	*dwergē	*dwergum
Instrumental	*dwergu	*dwergum

Descendants

Old English: dweorg, dweorh, dwerg
- Middle English: dwerf, dwergh, dwerw
  - English: dwarf
  - Scots: droich, droch; dwerch, duerch, duerche, dorche
    - → Scottish Gaelic: troich
Old Frisian: dwerch
- Saterland Frisian: Dwärch
- West Frisian: dwerch
Old Saxon: dwerg
- Middle Low German: dwerch, dwarch, dwark
  - Low German: Dwarg
Old Dutch: *dwerg
- Middle Dutch: dwerch
  - Dutch: dwerg
    - Afrikaans: dwerg
Old High German: twerc, twerg
- Middle High German: twerc
  - German: Zwerg