Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wainagaz
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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 *wainōną (“to whine”) + *-gaz.[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
*wainagaz
Inflection
Declension of *wainagaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *wainagaz | *wainagai | *wainagō | *wainagôz | *wainagą, -atō | *wainagō |
| Accusative | *wainaganǭ | *wainaganz | *wainagǭ | *wainagōz | *wainagą, -atō | *wainagō |
| Genitive | *wainagas, -is | *wainagaizǫ̂ | *wainagaizōz | *wainagaizǫ̂ | *wainagas, -is | *wainagaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *wainagammai | *wainagaimaz | *wainagaizōi | *wainagaimaz | *wainagammai | *wainagaimaz |
| Instrumental | *wainaganō | *wainagaimiz | *wainagaizō | *wainagaimiz | *wainaganō | *wainagaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *wainagô | *wainaganiz | *wainagǭ | *wainagōniz | *wainagô | *wainagōnō |
| Accusative | *wainaganų | *wainaganunz | *wainagōnų | *wainagōnunz | *wainagô | *wainagōnō |
| Genitive | *wainaginiz | *wainaganǫ̂ | *wainagōniz | *wainagōnǫ̂ | *wainaginiz | *wainaganǫ̂ |
| Dative | *wainagini | *wainagammaz | *wainagōni | *wainagōmaz | *wainagini | *wainagammaz |
| Instrumental | *wainaginē | *wainagammiz | *wainagōnē | *wainagōmiz | *wainaginē | *wainagammiz |
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *wainag
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍃 (wainahs)
- → Proto-Finnic: *vainaga (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*wainaga-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 567