Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/warjaz

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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

Derived from *warjaną (“to hinder, defend”).

Pronunciation

Noun

*warjaz m

  1. defender
  2. inhabitant; citizen

Inflection

masculine ja-stemDeclension of *warjaz (masculine ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative *warjaz *warjōz, *warjōs
vocative *wari *warjōz, *warjōs
accusative *warją *warjanz
genitive *warjas, *waris *warjǫ̂
dative *warjai *warjamaz
instrumental *warjō *warjamiz

Usage notes

This noun does not survive on its own in any language, but only as a suffix. This may mean that it appeared only in compounds in Proto-Germanic as well.

Descendants

The compound form of this noun was conflated with *-ārijaz in many languages, eventually causing both to be treated as one. In Old Norse, it seems to have merged with *harjaz (“warrior”) in proper names ending in -arr like Steinarr.

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