Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wajamērijaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *wai (“woe”) + *mērijaz (“renowned, famous”).
Adjective
*wajamērijaz[1]
- disreputable, of ill fame
Inflection
Declension of *wajamērijaz (ja-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *wajamērijaz | *wajamērijai | *wajamērijō | *wajamērijôz | *wajamēriją, *-at(ō) | *wajamērijō |
| accusative | *wajamērijanǭ | *wajamērijanz | *wajamērijǭ | *wajamērijōz | *wajamēriją, *-at(ō) | *wajamērijō |
| genitive | *wajamērijas, *wajamērīs | *wajamērijaizǫ̂ | *wajamērijaizōz | *wajamērijaizǫ̂ | *wajamērijas, *wajamērīs | *wajamērijaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *wajamērijammai | *wajamērijaimaz | *wajamērijaizōi | *wajamērijaimaz | *wajamērijammai | *wajamērijaimaz |
| instrumental | *wajamērijanō | *wajamērijaimiz | *wajamērijaizō | *wajamērijaimiz | *wajamērijanō | *wajamērijaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *wajamērijô | *wajamērijaniz | *wajamērijǭ | *wajamērijōniz | *wajamērijô | *wajamērijōnō |
| accusative | *wajamērijanų | *wajamērijanunz | *wajamērijōnų | *wajamērijōnunz | *wajamērijô | *wajamērijōnō |
| genitive | *wajamērīniz | *wajamērijanǫ̂ | *wajamērijōniz | *wajamērijōnǫ̂ | *wajamērīniz | *wajamērijanǫ̂ |
| dative | *wajamērīni | *wajamērijammaz | *wajamērijōni | *wajamērijōmaz | *wajamērīni | *wajamērijammaz |
| instrumental | *wajamērīnē | *wajamērijammiz | *wajamērijōnē | *wajamērijōmiz | *wajamērīnē | *wajamērijammiz |
Descendants
- >? Proto-Norse: ᚹᚨᛃᛖᛗᚨᚱᛁᛉ (wajemariʀ /wajēmāriʀ/) (unexpected -ē-)
- Gothic: *𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*wajamēreis)
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹 (wajamērei)
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wajamērjan)
References
- ^ Köbler, Gerhard (2005) “*waiamēr-, *waiamǣr-”, in Germanisches Wörterbuch, (5. Auflage) 2014
Further reading
- Schulte, Michael (2005) “Die Übergangsinschriften. Aspekte Des Transitorischen laut- und Schreibungswandels”, in Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik, volume 60, number 1, Brill, , page 22: “*/waj(a)maːriz/”
- Düwel, Klaus (1981) “Runeninschriften auf Waffen”, in Schmidt-Wiegand, Ruth, editor, Wörter und Sachen im Lichte der Bezeichnungsforschung (Arbeiten zur Frühmittelalterforschung), volume 1, De Gruyter, , page 133