Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wedrą

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This Proto-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.

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Etymology[edit]

Uncertain; traditionally linked to Proto-Slavic *vedro (“good weather”), reconstructing a common Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom, which is sometimes assumed to be from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow; wind”) +‎ *-dʰrom (instrument noun–deriving suffix), equivalent to *wēaną +‎ *-þrą. However, this etymology suffers phonetic difficulties, namely the lack of a long vowel and the descendants that reflect unvoiced *-þrą in the suffix. If from pre-Germanic *h₂weh₁tróm, perhaps a formation in common with Latvian vētra, Lithuanian vė́tra (“storm”) and Proto-Slavic *vě̀trъ (“wind, air”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

*wedrą n[1][2]

  1. weather

Inflection[edit]

neuter a-stemDeclension of *wedrą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wedrą *wedrō
vocative *wedrą *wedrō
accusative *wedrą *wedrō
genitive *wedras, *widris *wedrǫ̂
dative *widrai *wedramaz
instrumental *wedrō *wedramiz

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References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*weþra- ~ *wedra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 583–584
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*weđran”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 452
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