Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dwēsaz
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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
Compare *dusāną (“to slumber”); also Latvian dusēt (“to sleep, rest”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Adjective
*dwēsaz
Inflection
Declension of *dwēsaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *dwēsaz | *dwēsai | *dwēsō | *dwēsôz | *dwēsą, -atō | *dwēsō |
| Accusative | *dwēsanǭ | *dwēsanz | *dwēsǭ | *dwēsōz | *dwēsą, -atō | *dwēsō |
| Genitive | *dwēsas, -is | *dwēsaizǫ̂ | *dwēsaizōz | *dwēsaizǫ̂ | *dwēsas, -is | *dwēsaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *dwēsammai | *dwēsaimaz | *dwēsaizōi | *dwēsaimaz | *dwēsammai | *dwēsaimaz |
| Instrumental | *dwēsanō | *dwēsaimiz | *dwēsaizō | *dwēsaimiz | *dwēsanō | *dwēsaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *dwēsô | *dwēsaniz | *dwēsǭ | *dwēsōniz | *dwēsô | *dwēsōnō |
| Accusative | *dwēsanų | *dwēsanunz | *dwēsōnų | *dwēsōnunz | *dwēsô | *dwēsōnō |
| Genitive | *dwēsiniz | *dwēsanǫ̂ | *dwēsōniz | *dwēsōnǫ̂ | *dwēsiniz | *dwēsanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *dwēsini | *dwēsammaz | *dwēsōni | *dwēsōmaz | *dwēsini | *dwēsammaz |
| Instrumental | *dwēsinē | *dwēsammiz | *dwēsōnē | *dwēsōmiz | *dwēsinē | *dwēsammiz |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *dwās
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “dwesa”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 112
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “dwaas”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute