Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þewaz

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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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain; the quasi-Indo-European reconstruction is *tew-o-s.[1] Possibly either from earlier *þegwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (“to run”),[2] or from *tew(h₂)- (“to swell, grow”).

Pronunciation

Noun

*þewaz m

  1. slave, servant

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *þewaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *þewaz *þewōz, *þewōs
vocative *þew *þewōz, *þewōs
accusative *þewą *þewanz
genitive *þewas, *þiwis *þewǫ̂
dative *þewai *þewamaz
instrumental *þewō *þewamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*þewa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 541
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “*tekʷ-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1059
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