Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/narwaz

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.

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ner- (“to turn, bend, twist, constrict”). Compare Proto-Germanic *snōrō (“cord, string, snare”), Gothic 𐍃𐌽𐍉𐍂𐌾𐍉 (snōrjō, “woven basket”) (< *snōrjō), Sanskrit नृत्यति (nṛ́tyati, “to dance”), Russian нерёт (nerjót, “a type of fish trap”), Lithuanian nérti (“to thread; to dive, plunge; to slip and fall”) and Latvian nãrs (“clamp”). For the suffix, see *-wós.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑr.wɑz/

*narwaz

1. constricted; narrow

• *narwijaną
• *narwō
• *narwǭ

• Proto-West Germanic: *naru
  • Old English: naro, naru, nearu
    • Middle English: naru, narwe, narewe, narowe
      • English: narrow
      • Scots: naro, narow, narrow
  • Old Frisian: *naro
    • North Frisian: naar, noar, noor, nåår
    • Saterland Frisian: noar
    • West Frisian: near, naar
  • Old Saxon: naru, naro, narowo, narawo
    • Middle Low German: nare, narwe
      • German Low German: naar
  • Old Dutch: *naro, *naru (attested in a placename of probable Frisian origin)
    • Middle Dutch: nare, naer (rare; possibly from Frisian or Saxon)
      • Dutch: naar
        • Afrikaans: naar
  • Old High German: *naru (in derivatives)
• Old Norse: *nǫrr, *njǫrr (attested in placenames: Nǫrvasund, Njǫrvasund)
  • Danish: nor
  • Swedish: nor
  • Norwegian: nor