Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þwerh
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz.
Adjective
[edit]*þwerh[1]
Inflection
[edit]| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *þwerh | ||
| Genitive | *þwerhas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *þwerh | *þwerhu | *þwerh |
| Accusative | *þwerhanā | *þwerhā | *þwerh |
| Genitive | *þwerhas | *þwerheʀā | *þwerhas |
| Dative | *þwerhumē | *þwerheʀē | *þwerhumē |
| Instrumental | *þwerhu | *þwerheʀu | *þwerhu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *þwerhē | *þwerhō | *þwerhu |
| Accusative | *þwerhā | *þwerhā | *þwerhu |
| Genitive | *þwerheʀō | *þwerheʀō | *þwerheʀō |
| Dative | *þwerhēm, *þwerhum | *þwerhēm, *þwerhum | *þwerhēm, *þwerhum |
| Instrumental | *þwerhēm, *þwerhum | *þwerhēm, *þwerhum | *þwerhēm, *þwerhum |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old English: þweorh, þwerh
- Old Frisian: þweres (adverb)
- West Frisian: twer
- Old Saxon: thwerh, ðwerh
- Old Dutch: *thwerh, *thwerhes
- Old High German: dwerah
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 307: “PWGmc *þwerh”
- ^ kvär in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- ^ “kvär” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
- ^ “kvær” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).