Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwītaz

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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

Kroonen notes a possible derivation from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytōr, genitive *ḱwitnós, a heteroclitic byform of *ḱweytos (“bright; shine”). The oblique stem, used to form *ḱwitnós would create a voiceless geminate stop tt assuming Kluge's law, which would be reduced to a single t after the heavy first syllable once the consonantism was analogically extended to other cases. Compare Proto-Slavic *světъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

*hwītaz

  1. white
    Synonyms: *blaikaz, *blankaz

Inflection

Declension of *hwītaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural
Nominative *hwītaz *hwītai *hwītō *hwītôz *hwītą, -atō *hwītō
Accusative *hwītanǭ *hwītanz *hwītǭ *hwītōz *hwītą, -atō *hwītō
Genitive *hwītas, -is *hwītaizǫ̂ *hwītaizōz *hwītaizǫ̂ *hwītas, -is *hwītaizǫ̂
Dative *hwītammai *hwītaimaz *hwītaizōi *hwītaimaz *hwītammai *hwītaimaz
Instrumental *hwītanō *hwītaimiz *hwītaizō *hwītaimiz *hwītanō *hwītaimiz
Weak declension
Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural
Nominative *hwītô *hwītaniz *hwītǭ *hwītōniz *hwītô *hwītōnō
Accusative *hwītanų *hwītanunz *hwītōnų *hwītōnunz *hwītô *hwītōnō
Genitive *hwītiniz *hwītanǫ̂ *hwītōniz *hwītōnǫ̂ *hwītiniz *hwītanǫ̂
Dative *hwītini *hwītammaz *hwītōni *hwītōmaz *hwītini *hwītammaz
Instrumental *hwītinē *hwītammiz *hwītōnē *hwītōmiz *hwītinē *hwītammiz


Derived terms

Descendants

See also

Colors in Proto-Germanic · *farwôz (layout · text)
     *blaikaz, *blankaz, *hwītaz, *blasaz      *falwaz, *grēwaz, *haswaz, *grīsaz, *hairaz      *blakaz, *swartaz
             *raudaz              *brūnaz, *erpaz, *dusnaz              *gelwaz, *gulaz
             *grōniz              *grōniz             
                          *blēwaz              *blēwaz, *hēwijaz
             *blēwaz, *hēwijaz              *baswaz             
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