Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þwahtuz

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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

From *þwahaną (“to wash”) +‎ *-þuz (“result noun suffix”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*þwahtuz m

  1. washing, laundry

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *þwahtuz (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *þwahtuz *þwahtiwiz
vocative *þwahtu *þwahtiwiz
accusative *þwahtų *þwahtunz
genitive *þwahtauz *þwahtiwǫ̂
dative *þwahtiwi *þwahtumaz
instrumental *þwahtū *þwahtumiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*þwahan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 555: “*þwahtu-”
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