Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nakwadaz
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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
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (“naked, bare”); see there for the cognates.[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
*nakwadaz
Inflection
Declension of *nakwadaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *nakwadaz | *nakwadai | *nakwadō | *nakwadôz | *nakwadą, -atō | *nakwadō |
| Accusative | *nakwadanǭ | *nakwadanz | *nakwadǭ | *nakwadōz | *nakwadą, -atō | *nakwadō |
| Genitive | *nakwadas, -is | *nakwadaizǫ̂ | *nakwadaizōz | *nakwadaizǫ̂ | *nakwadas, -is | *nakwadaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *nakwadammai | *nakwadaimaz | *nakwadaizōi | *nakwadaimaz | *nakwadammai | *nakwadaimaz |
| Instrumental | *nakwadanō | *nakwadaimiz | *nakwadaizō | *nakwadaimiz | *nakwadanō | *nakwadaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *nakwadô | *nakwadaniz | *nakwadǭ | *nakwadōniz | *nakwadô | *nakwadōnō |
| Accusative | *nakwadanų | *nakwadanunz | *nakwadōnų | *nakwadōnunz | *nakwadô | *nakwadōnō |
| Genitive | *nakwadiniz | *nakwadanǫ̂ | *nakwadōniz | *nakwadōnǫ̂ | *nakwadiniz | *nakwadanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *nakwadini | *nakwadammaz | *nakwadōni | *nakwadōmaz | *nakwadini | *nakwadammaz |
| Instrumental | *nakwadinē | *nakwadammiz | *nakwadōnē | *nakwadōmiz | *nakwadinē | *nakwadammiz |
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *nak(k)wad
- Old Norse: nakinn, nǫkkviðr (possibly derived from an unattested verb, or else reanalysed as though it were)
- Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐌵𐌰𐌸𐍃 (naqaþs)
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*nakwe/ada-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 382