Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nabugaiʀ

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 *nabōgaizaz. Equivalent to *nabu (“nave”) +‎ *gaiʀ (“spear”).

Noun

*nabugaiʀ m

1. auger

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*nabugaiʀ
Genitive	*nabugaiʀas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*nabugaiʀ	*nabugaiʀō, *nabugaiʀōs
Accusative	*nabugaiʀ	*nabugaiʀā
Genitive	*nabugaiʀas	*nabugaiʀō
Dative	*nabugaiʀē	*nabugaiʀum
Instrumental	*nabugaiʀu	*nabugaiʀum

Descendants

• Old English: nafugār, nafogār, nafegār
  • Middle English: nauger, auger
    • English: auger
• Old Frisian: navoger
• Old Saxon: navugēr, nabugēr
  • Middle Low German: neveger, eveger, never
    • Low German: naviger, näviger
    • Plautdietsch: Auger
• Old Dutch: *navugēr
  • Middle Dutch: nāvegêer, nāveger, nāvegāer, āvegêer
    • Dutch: avegaar, eveger, egger
• Old High German: nabagēr, nabigēr, nabugēr
  • Middle High German: nabeger, nebeger
    • German: Näber
    • Vilamovian: nȧgwer
• → Proto-Slavic: *nebozězъ, *nabozězъ