Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/airiwakraz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *airi (“early”) + *wakraz (“awake, watchful”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
Inflection
Declension of *airiwakraz (a-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *airiwakraz | *airiwakrai | *airiwakrō | *airiwakrôz | *airiwakrą, *-at(ō) | *airiwakrō |
| accusative | *airiwakranǭ | *airiwakranz | *airiwakrǭ | *airiwakrōz | *airiwakrą, *-at(ō) | *airiwakrō |
| genitive | *airiwakras, *airiwakris | *airiwakraizǫ̂ | *airiwakraizōz | *airiwakraizǫ̂ | *airiwakras, *airiwakris | *airiwakraizǫ̂ |
| dative | *airiwakrammai | *airiwakraimaz | *airiwakraizōi | *airiwakraimaz | *airiwakrammai | *airiwakraimaz |
| instrumental | *airiwakranō | *airiwakraimiz | *airiwakraizō | *airiwakraimiz | *airiwakranō | *airiwakraimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *airiwakrô | *airiwakraniz | *airiwakrǭ | *airiwakrōniz | *airiwakrô | *airiwakrōnō |
| accusative | *airiwakranų | *airiwakranunz | *airiwakrōnų | *airiwakrōnunz | *airiwakrô | *airiwakrōnō |
| genitive | *airiwakriniz | *airiwakranǫ̂ | *airiwakrōniz | *airiwakrōnǫ̂ | *airiwakriniz | *airiwakranǫ̂ |
| dative | *airiwakrini | *airiwakrammaz | *airiwakrōni | *airiwakrōmaz | *airiwakrini | *airiwakrammaz |
| instrumental | *airiwakrinē | *airiwakrammiz | *airiwakrōnē | *airiwakrōmiz | *airiwakrinē | *airiwakrammiz |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *airiwak(k)r
- Old High German: ērwackar
- Old Norse: árvakr
- Icelandic: árvakur
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*airi-wakraz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 9