Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwaþeraz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷóteros (“which of two”), from *kʷos (“which”). Cognate with Sanskrit कतर (katará), Ancient Greek πότερος (póteros), Proto-Slavic *koterъjь / *kotorъjь, Latin uter.[1]
Pronunciation
Determiner
*hwaþeraz
Inflection
Declension of *hwaþeraz (a-stem, strong only)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *hwaþeraz | *hwaþerai | *hwaþerō | *hwaþerôz | *hwaþerą, *-at(ō) | *hwaþerō |
| accusative | *hwaþeranǭ | *hwaþeranz | *hwaþerǭ | *hwaþerōz | *hwaþerą, *-at(ō) | *hwaþerō |
| genitive | *hwaþeras, *hwaþiris | *hwaþeraizǫ̂ | *hwaþeraizōz | *hwaþeraizǫ̂ | *hwaþeras, *hwaþiris | *hwaþeraizǫ̂ |
| dative | *hwaþerammai | *hwaþeraimaz | *hwaþeraizōi | *hwaþeraimaz | *hwaþerammai | *hwaþeraimaz |
| instrumental | *hwaþeranō | *hwaþeraimiz | *hwaþeraizō | *hwaþeraimiz | *hwaþeranō | *hwaþeraimiz |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *hwaþar
- Old Norse: hvaðarr, hvárr
- Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐌸𐌰𐍂 (ƕaþar)
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hwaþera-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 264
Further reading
- Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN