Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/westraz

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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

PIE word
*wek(ʷ)speros

From Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros (“evening, dusk”), with the -p- passing to -t- under the influence of the dentals in *austraz, *nurþraz, *sunþraz.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

*westraz (comparative *westrōzô, superlative *westrōstaz)

  1. west, western

Inflection

Declension of *westraz (a-stem)
Strong declension
Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural
Nominative *westraz *westrai *westrō *westrôz *westrą, -atō *westrō
Accusative *westranǭ *westranz *westrǭ *westrōz *westrą, -atō *westrō
Genitive *westras, -is *westraizǫ̂ *westraizōz *westraizǫ̂ *westras, -is *westraizǫ̂
Dative *westrammai *westraimaz *westraizōi *westraimaz *westrammai *westraimaz
Instrumental *westranō *westraimiz *westraizō *westraimiz *westranō *westraimiz
Weak declension
Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural
Nominative *westrô *westraniz *westrǭ *westrōniz *westrô *westrōnō
Accusative *westranų *westranunz *westrōnų *westrōnunz *westrô *westrōnō
Genitive *westriniz *westranǫ̂ *westrōniz *westrōnǫ̂ *westriniz *westranǫ̂
Dative *westrini *westrammaz *westrōni *westrōmaz *westrini *westrammaz
Instrumental *westrinē *westrammiz *westrōnē *westrōmiz *westrinē *westrammiz


Coordinate terms

(compass points)

*nurþraz
*westraz *austraz
*sunþraz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *westr
    • Old Saxon: westar
    • Old High German: westar

Adverb

*westraz (comparative *westrōz, superlative *westrōst)

  1. west, westward

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Gąsiorowski, Piotr (2012) “The Germanic reflexes of PIE *-sr- in the context of Verner's Law”, in The Sound of Indo-European: Phonetics, Phonemics, and Morphophonemics‎, Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, →DOI, →ISSN
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