Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/warīniz

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 *warjaną (“to ward off”) +‎ *-īniz.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɑ.riː.niz/

Noun

*warīniz f

warding off, defense

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *warīniz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*warīniz	*warīnīz
vocative	*warīni	*warīnīz
accusative	*warīnį	*warīninz
genitive	*warīnīz	*warīnijǫ̂
dative	*warīnī	*warīnimaz
instrumental	*warīnī	*warīnimiz

Descendants

Old Saxon: *werī
- Middle Low German: wēre
Old Dutch: were, *werī
- Middle Dutch: were
  - Dutch: weer
Old High German: werī
- Middle High German: were
  - German: Wehr
Old Norse: vǫrn
- Old Danish: værn f
  - Danish: værn n
    - Norwegian Bokmål: vern n
- Faroese: vørn f
- Icelandic: vörn f
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vern n
- Old Swedish: værn
  - Swedish: värn n

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*warjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 574: “*warīn-”

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*warjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 574: “*warīn-”

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