Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wedrą

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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

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Etymology

Uncertain; traditionally linked to Proto-Slavic *vedro (good weather), reconstructing a common Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom, which is sometimes assumed to be from *h₂weh₁- (to blow; wind) +‎ *-dʰrom (instrument noun–deriving suffix), equivalent to *wēaną +‎ *-þrą. However, this etymology suffers phonetic difficulties, namely the lack of a long vowel and the descendants that reflect unvoiced *-þrą in the suffix. If from pre-Germanic *h₂weh₁tróm, perhaps a formation in common with Latvian vētra, Lithuanian vė́tra (storm) and Proto-Slavic *vě̀trъ (wind, air).

Pronunciation

Noun

*wedrą n

  1. weather

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *wedrą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wedrą *wedrō
vocative *wedrą *wedrō
accusative *wedrą *wedrō
genitive *wedras, *widris *wedrǫ̂
dative *widrai *wedramaz
instrumental *wedrō *wedramiz

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*weþra- ~ *wedra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 583–584
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*weđran”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 452