Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bitraz
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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 pre-Germanic *bʰidrós (“biting, splitting”), equivalent to *bītaną (“to bite”) + *-raz (“adjectival suffix”).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
*bitraz
Inflection
Declension of *bitraz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *bitraz | *bitrai | *bitrō | *bitrôz | *bitrą, -atō | *bitrō |
| Accusative | *bitranǭ | *bitranz | *bitrǭ | *bitrōz | *bitrą, -atō | *bitrō |
| Genitive | *bitras, -is | *bitraizǫ̂ | *bitraizōz | *bitraizǫ̂ | *bitras, -is | *bitraizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *bitrammai | *bitraimaz | *bitraizōi | *bitraimaz | *bitrammai | *bitraimaz |
| Instrumental | *bitranō | *bitraimiz | *bitraizō | *bitraimiz | *bitranō | *bitraimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *bitrô | *bitraniz | *bitrǭ | *bitrōniz | *bitrô | *bitrōnō |
| Accusative | *bitranų | *bitranunz | *bitrōnų | *bitrōnunz | *bitrô | *bitrōnō |
| Genitive | *bitriniz | *bitranǫ̂ | *bitrōniz | *bitrōnǫ̂ | *bitriniz | *bitranǫ̂ |
| Dative | *bitrini | *bitrammaz | *bitrōni | *bitrōmaz | *bitrini | *bitrammaz |
| Instrumental | *bitrinē | *bitrammiz | *bitrōnē | *bitrōmiz | *bitrinē | *bitrammiz |
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *bitr
- Old Norse: bitr
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*bitra-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 66