Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/selbaz

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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

From Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (one's own), probably from the reflexive pronoun *swé (self). Compared with Venetic sselb-.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

*selbaz

  1. self

Inflection

Although the word was clearly an a-stem, in Gothic only the weak inflection was used, and West Germanic the weak inflection was mostly used as well. Old Norse uses only the strong inflection. It's unknown what the Proto-Germanic usage was, and what the difference in meaning was, if any.

Declension of *selbaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *selbaz *selbō *selbą, -atō *selbai *selbôz *selbō
accusative *selbanǭ *selbǭ *selbą, -atō *selbanz *selbōz *selbō
genitive *selbas, -is *selbaizōz *selbas, -is *selbaizǫ̂ *selbaizǫ̂ *selbaizǫ̂
dative *selbammai *selbaizōi *selbammai *selbaimaz *selbaimaz *selbaimaz
instrumental *selbanō *selbaizō *selbanō *selbaimiz *selbaimiz *selbaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *selbô *selbǭ *selbô *selbaniz *selbōniz *selbōnō
accusative *selbanų *selbōnų *selbô *selbanunz *selbōnunz *selbōnō
genitive *selbiniz *selbōniz *selbiniz *selbanǫ̂ *selbōnǫ̂ *selbanǫ̂
dative *selbini *selbōni *selbini *selbammaz *selbōmaz *selbammaz
instrumental *selbinē *selbōnē *selbinē *selbammiz *selbōmiz *selbammiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*selba(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 432