Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wēraz
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Proto-Germanic
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros (“true”), from *weh₁-.[1] Cognate with Latin vērus (“true”), Irish fíor (“true”), Proto-Slavic *vě̀ra (“faith/belief”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
*wēraz
Inflection
Declension of *wēraz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *wēraz | *wērai | *wērō | *wērôz | *wērą, -atō | *wērō |
| Accusative | *wēranǭ | *wēranz | *wērǭ | *wērōz | *wērą, -atō | *wērō |
| Genitive | *wēras, -is | *wēraizǫ̂ | *wēraizōz | *wēraizǫ̂ | *wēras, -is | *wēraizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *wērammai | *wēraimaz | *wēraizōi | *wēraimaz | *wērammai | *wēraimaz |
| Instrumental | *wēranō | *wēraimiz | *wēraizō | *wēraimiz | *wēranō | *wēraimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *wērô | *wēraniz | *wērǭ | *wērōniz | *wērô | *wērōnō |
| Accusative | *wēranų | *wēranunz | *wērōnų | *wērōnunz | *wērô | *wērōnō |
| Genitive | *wēriniz | *wēranǫ̂ | *wērōniz | *wērōnǫ̂ | *wēriniz | *wēranǫ̂ |
| Dative | *wērini | *wērammaz | *wērōni | *wērōmaz | *wērini | *wērammaz |
| Instrumental | *wērinē | *wērammiz | *wērōnē | *wērōmiz | *wērinē | *wērammiz |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *wār
- Old Norse: værr Vár; alværð; alvara (possibly borrowed)
- Gothic: *𐍅𐌴𐍂𐍃 (*wērs) or *𐍅𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*wēreis), in derivates such as 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐍅𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹 (allawērei)
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wēraz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 461