Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wīnafatą

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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 *wīną (wine) +‎ *fatą (vessel).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwiː.nɑ.ˌɸɑ.tɑ̃/

Noun

*wīnafatą n[1]

  1. a vessel for containing wine; wine-cask, wine-jug

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *wīnafatą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wīnafatą *wīnafatō
vocative *wīnafatą *wīnafatō
accusative *wīnafatą *wīnafatō
genitive *wīnafatas, *wīnafatis *wīnafatǫ̂
dative *wīnafatai *wīnafatamaz
instrumental *wīnafatō *wīnafatamiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wīna-fatan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 467