Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rammaz
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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
Alternative reconstructions
Pronunciation
Etymology
Unknown; perhaps related to Old Church Slavonic рамѣнъ (raměnŭ, “severe”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Adjective
*rammaz
Inflection
Declension of *rammaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *rammaz | *rammai | *rammō | *rammôz | *rammą, -atō | *rammō |
| Accusative | *rammanǭ | *rammanz | *rammǭ | *rammōz | *rammą, -atō | *rammō |
| Genitive | *rammas, -is | *rammaizǫ̂ | *rammaizōz | *rammaizǫ̂ | *rammas, -is | *rammaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *rammammai | *rammaimaz | *rammaizōi | *rammaimaz | *rammammai | *rammaimaz |
| Instrumental | *rammanō | *rammaimiz | *rammaizō | *rammaimiz | *rammanō | *rammaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *rammô | *rammaniz | *rammǭ | *rammōniz | *rammô | *rammōnō |
| Accusative | *rammanų | *rammanunz | *rammōnų | *rammōnunz | *rammô | *rammōnō |
| Genitive | *ramminiz | *rammanǫ̂ | *rammōniz | *rammōnǫ̂ | *ramminiz | *rammanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *rammini | *rammammaz | *rammōni | *rammōmaz | *rammini | *rammammaz |
| Instrumental | *ramminē | *rammammiz | *rammōnē | *rammōmiz | *ramminē | *rammammiz |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *ramm (see there for further descendants)
- Old Norse: rammr, ramr (“strong; bitter”)
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*rammaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 297