Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kaisar

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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]

Borrowed from Latin Caesar.

Noun[edit]

*kaisar m[1]

  1. emperor

Inflection[edit]

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *kaisar
Genitive *kaisaras
Singular Plural
Nominative *kaisar *kaisarō, *kaisarōs
Accusative *kaisar *kaisarā
Genitive *kaisaras *kaisarō
Dative *kaisarē *kaisarum
Instrumental *kaisaru *kaisarum

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 136:PWGmc *kaisar