Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwildiz

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

A participial formation from *kwelaną (“to suffer”); compare in particular Latvian dzelts (“stung”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkwil.diz/

Noun

*kwildiz m

dying; death; downfall; end
the end or dying of the day; evening

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *kwildiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kwildiz	*kwildīz
vocative	*kwildi	*kwildīz
accusative	*kwildį	*kwildinz
genitive	*kwildīz	*kwildijǫ̂
dative	*kwildī	*kwildimaz
instrumental	*kwildī	*kwildimiz

Synonyms

*ēbanþs

Related terms

Descendants

Old English: cwild m or f or n
- ⇒ Old English: cwildtīd
Old High German: kwiltiwerk, quiltiwerc
- Middle High German: *quilt, *kilt
  - German: Kilt m,
    - ⇒ German: Kiltgang m
(Old Norse: kveld n < Proto-Germanic byform *kweldą)
- (Icelandic: kveld, kvöld)
- (Faroese: kvøld)
- (Norwegian: kveld)
- (Old Swedish: qvæld n; qvälder m)
  - (Swedish: kväll; kväller)
- (Old Danish: kwæld)
  - (Danish: kvæld)

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*kwelđaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 227

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*kwelđaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 227

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