Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hraustaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Probably an adjectival formation from *hreusaną (“to fall, rush”).[1]
Adjective
*hraustaz
Inflection
Declension of *hraustaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hraustaz | *hraustai | *hraustō | *hraustôz | *hraustą, -atō | *hraustō |
| Accusative | *hraustanǭ | *hraustanz | *hraustǭ | *hraustōz | *hraustą, -atō | *hraustō |
| Genitive | *hraustas, -is | *hraustaizǫ̂ | *hraustaizōz | *hraustaizǫ̂ | *hraustas, -is | *hraustaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *hraustammai | *hraustaimaz | *hraustaizōi | *hraustaimaz | *hraustammai | *hraustaimaz |
| Instrumental | *hraustanō | *hraustaimiz | *hraustaizō | *hraustaimiz | *hraustanō | *hraustaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hraustô | *hraustaniz | *hraustǭ | *hraustōniz | *hraustô | *hraustōnō |
| Accusative | *hraustanų | *hraustanunz | *hraustōnų | *hraustōnunz | *hraustô | *hraustōnō |
| Genitive | *hraustiniz | *hraustanǫ̂ | *hraustōniz | *hraustōnǫ̂ | *hraustiniz | *hraustanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *hraustini | *hraustammaz | *hraustōni | *hraustōmaz | *hraustini | *hraustammaz |
| Instrumental | *hraustinē | *hraustammiz | *hraustōnē | *hraustōmiz | *hraustinē | *hraustammiz |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic:
- Old High German:
- Middle High German:
- German: röst (“sprightly, active”) (dialectal)
- Middle High German:
- Old High German:
- Old Norse: hraustr (“strong, valiant”)
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xraustaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 185