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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂ur-o-s, thematicized from *dayh₂wḗr ~ *dayh₂ur-és (“brother-in-law”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*taikuraz m
- brother-in-law
Reconstruction notes
The origin of the *k is controversial. It is often taken as a key piece of evidence for Cowgill's law, but other suggestions include the influence of Lithuanian láigonas, láiguonas (“brother-in-law”) or a sound law shifting PIE *w > *g under certain conditions.[2]
Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *taikuraz (masculine a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*taikuraz
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*taikurōz, *taikurōs
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vocative
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*taikur
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*taikurōz, *taikurōs
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accusative
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*taikurą
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*taikuranz
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genitive
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*taikuras, *taikuris
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*taikurǫ̂
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dative
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*taikurai
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*taikuramaz
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instrumental
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*taikurō
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*taikuramiz
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Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*taikwer-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 506, erroneously marked as ‘neuter’.
- ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) “*dai̯u̯ér-/*dai̯u̯r-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 58-60