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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *(H)uer-, which could be related to *waraz (“watchful, aware”), in which case the related Old Norse verðr (“meal”) would have had an earlier meaning of "attendance." Or, possibly related to *werþaną (“to come about, happen”).
Pronunciation
Noun
*werduz m
- host
Inflection
u-stemDeclension of *werduz (u-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*werduz
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*wirdiwiz
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vocative
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*werdu
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*wirdiwiz
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accusative
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*werdų
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*werdunz
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genitive
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*werdauz
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*wirdiwǫ̂
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dative
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*wirdiwi
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*werdumaz
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instrumental
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*werdū
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*werdumiz
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Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “werdu”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 579-80