Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/grautaz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-, *gʰer- (“to rub, grind, remove”). Akin to Proto-Slavic *gruda (“pile”), Proto-Slavic *grudьnъ (“crude, lousy”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
*grautaz
Inflection
Declension of *grautaz (a-stem)
Strong declension | ||||||
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Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *grautaz | *grautai | *grautō | *grautôz | *grautą, -atō | *grautō |
Accusative | *grautanǭ | *grautanz | *grautǭ | *grautōz | *grautą, -atō | *grautō |
Genitive | *grautas, -is | *grautaizǫ̂ | *grautaizōz | *grautaizǫ̂ | *grautas, -is | *grautaizǫ̂ |
Dative | *grautammai | *grautaimaz | *grautaizōi | *grautaimaz | *grautammai | *grautaimaz |
Instrumental | *grautanō | *grautaimiz | *grautaizō | *grautaimiz | *grautanō | *grautaimiz |
Weak declension | ||||||
Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *grautô | *grautaniz | *grautǭ | *grautōniz | *grautô | *grautōnō |
Accusative | *grautanų | *grautanunz | *grautōnų | *grautōnunz | *grautô | *grautōnō |
Genitive | *grautiniz | *grautanǫ̂ | *grautōniz | *grautōnǫ̂ | *grautiniz | *grautanǫ̂ |
Dative | *grautini | *grautammaz | *grautōni | *grautōmaz | *grautini | *grautammaz |
Instrumental | *grautinē | *grautammiz | *grautōnē | *grautōmiz | *grautinē | *grautammiz |
Synonyms
Descendants
- Old English: grēat
- Old Frisian: grāt
- Old Saxon: grōt
- Frankish: *graut, *grōt
- Old High German: grōz
- → Medieval Latin: grossus (uncertain; one hypothesis) (see there for further descendants)