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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gaizaz.
Noun
*gaiʀ m
- spear
Inflection
| Masculine a-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*gaiʀ
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| Genitive
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*gaiʀas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*gaiʀ
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*gaiʀō, *gaiʀōs
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| Accusative
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*gaiʀ
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*gaiʀā
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| Genitive
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*gaiʀas
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*gaiʀō
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| Dative
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*gaiʀē
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*gaiʀum
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| Instrumental
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*gaiʀu
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*gaiʀum
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 86: “PWGmc *gaiz”
