Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fawaz

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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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ph₂w-os, from *peh₂w- (“few, little”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

*fawaz (comparative *fawizô, superlative *fawistaz)

  1. few
  2. little (small amount of)

Inflection

Declension of *fawaz (a-stem, strong only)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *fawaz *fawō *fawą, *-at(ō) *fawai *fawôz *fawō
accusative *fawanǭ *fawǭ *fawą, *-at(ō) *fawanz *fawōz *fawō
genitive *fawas, *fawis *fawaizōz *fawas, *fawis *fawaizǫ̂ *fawaizǫ̂ *fawaizǫ̂
dative *fawammai *fawaizōi *fawammai *fawaimaz *fawaimaz *fawaimaz
instrumental *fawanō *fawaizō *fawanō *fawaimiz *fawaimiz *fawaimiz

Antonyms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fawa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 132
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