Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kaisaraz

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kaisaraz. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kaisaraz, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kaisaraz in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kaisaraz you have here. The definition of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kaisaraz will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofReconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kaisaraz, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
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

Borrowed at a post-Proto-Germanic stage from Latin Caesar. According to Ringe, the Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂 (kaisar) is an independent borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

*kaisaraz m

  1. (Northwest Germanic) emperor (of Rome)

Inflection

Declension of *kaisaraz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kaisaraz *kaisarōz, *kaisarōs
vocative *kaisar *kaisarōz, *kaisarōs
accusative *kaisarą *kaisaranz
genitive *kaisaras, *kaisaris *kaisarǫ̂
dative *kaisarai *kaisaramaz
instrumental *kaisarō *kaisaramiz

Descendants

Further reading

  • Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 296
  • Ringe, Don with Ann Taylor (2014) The Development of Old English: a Linguistic History of English, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 136