Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fausaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *fūaną (“to rot”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
*fausaz[1]
Inflection
Declension of *fausaz (a-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *fausaz | *fausai | *fausō | *fausôz | *fausą, *-at(ō) | *fausō |
| accusative | *fausanǭ | *fausanz | *fausǭ | *fausōz | *fausą, *-at(ō) | *fausō |
| genitive | *fausas, *fausis | *fausaizǫ̂ | *fausaizōz | *fausaizǫ̂ | *fausas, *fausis | *fausaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *fausammai | *fausaimaz | *fausaizōi | *fausaimaz | *fausammai | *fausaimaz |
| instrumental | *fausanō | *fausaimiz | *fausaizō | *fausaimiz | *fausanō | *fausaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *fausô | *fausaniz | *fausǭ | *fausōniz | *fausô | *fausōnō |
| accusative | *fausanų | *fausanunz | *fausōnų | *fausōnunz | *fausô | *fausōnō |
| genitive | *fausiniz | *fausanǫ̂ | *fausōniz | *fausōnǫ̂ | *fausiniz | *fausanǫ̂ |
| dative | *fausini | *fausammaz | *fausōni | *fausōmaz | *fausini | *fausammaz |
| instrumental | *fausinē | *fausammiz | *fausōnē | *fausōmiz | *fausinē | *fausammiz |
Descendants
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*fausaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 96