Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gaiʀ
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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 *gaizaz.
Noun
[edit]*gaiʀ m[1]
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *gaiʀ(a) | |
| Genitive | *gaiʀas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *gaiʀ(a) | *gaiʀōs |
| Accusative | *gaiʀ(a) | *gaiʀā |
| Genitive | *gaiʀas | *gaiʀō |
| Dative | *gaiʀē | *gaiʀum |
| Instrumental | *gaiʀu | *gaiʀum |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 86: “PWGmc *gaiz”