Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/warjamōdā
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editUnknown; possibly from *warjan (“to defend against”) + *mōd (“mind, sense”)[1] for its alleged mental curative properties, or perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)wer- (“to ache, fester”) due to its bitterness, compare Proto-Celtic *swerwos (“bitter”)[2].
Noun
edit*warjamōdā f
Inflection
editōn-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *warjamōdā | |
Genitive | *warjamōdōn | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *warjamōdā | *warjamōdōn |
Accusative | *warjamōdōn | *warjamōdōn |
Genitive | *warjamōdōn | *warjamōdōnō |
Dative | *warjamōdōn | *warjamōdōm, *warjamōdum |
Instrumental | *warjamōdōn | *warjamōdōm, *warjamōdum |
Alternative reconstructions
edit- *wermōd m[2]
Descendants
edit- Old English: wermōd, wyrmōd, weremōd, wærmōd, wearmōd m
- Old Saxon: wermōda f
- Old Dutch: *wermuoda
- Old High German: werimuota, wermuota, wormuota
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*warja-mōđō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 449
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Wermut”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 788
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- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Proto-West Germanic feminine nouns
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