Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smalaz

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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 *smol(H)-o-s, traditionally traced back further to Proto-Indo-European *(s)mal- (“small”) (alternatively reconstructed as *(s)mel-), though Kroonen appears implicitly skeptical and assigns no cognates outside of Germanic. Compare Proto-Slavic *malъ (“small; little”) and Latin malus (“bad”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

*smalaz

  1. small

Inflection

Declension of *smalaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *smalaz *smalō *smalą, -atō *smalai *smalôz *smalō
accusative *smalanǭ *smalǭ *smalą, -atō *smalanz *smalōz *smalō
genitive *smalas, -is *smalaizōz *smalas, -is *smalaizǫ̂ *smalaizǫ̂ *smalaizǫ̂
dative *smalammai *smalaizōi *smalammai *smalaimaz *smalaimaz *smalaimaz
instrumental *smalanō *smalaizō *smalanō *smalaimiz *smalaimiz *smalaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *smalô *smalǭ *smalô *smalaniz *smalōniz *smalōnō
accusative *smalanų *smalōnų *smalô *smalanunz *smalōnunz *smalōnō
genitive *smaliniz *smalōniz *smaliniz *smalanǫ̂ *smalōnǫ̂ *smalanǫ̂
dative *smalini *smalōni *smalini *smalammaz *smalōmaz *smalammaz
instrumental *smalinē *smalōnē *smalinē *smalammiz *smalōmiz *smalammiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*smala-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 456
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