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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/erþōfastuz
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Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *erþōfastaz[1]
Etymology
From *erþō + *fastuz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈer.θɔːˌɸɑs.tuz/
Adjective
*erþōfastuz
- fixed to the ground
Inflection
Declension of *erþōfastuz (u-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *erþōfastuz | *erþōfastijai | *erþōfastī | *erþōfastijôz | *erþōfastų, *-jatō | *erþōfastijō |
| accusative | *erþōfastijanǭ | *erþōfastijanz | *erþōfastijǭ | *erþōfastijōz | *erþōfastų, *-jatō | *erþōfastijō |
| genitive | *erþōfastijas, *erþōfastīs | *erþōfastijaizǫ̂ | *erþōfastijaizōz | *erþōfastijaizǫ̂ | *erþōfastijas, *erþōfastīs | *erþōfastijaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *erþōfastijammai | *erþōfastijaimaz | *erþōfastijaizōi | *erþōfastijaimaz | *erþōfastijammai | *erþōfastijaimaz |
| instrumental | *erþōfastijanō | *erþōfastijaimiz | *erþōfastijaizō | *erþōfastijaimiz | *erþōfastijanō | *erþōfastijaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *erþōfastijô | *erþōfastijaniz | *erþōfastijǭ | *erþōfastijōniz | *erþōfastijô | *erþōfastijōnō |
| accusative | *erþōfastijanų | *erþōfastijanunz | *erþōfastijōnų | *erþōfastijōnunz | *erþōfastijô | *erþōfastijōnō |
| genitive | *erþōfastīniz | *erþōfastijanǫ̂ | *erþōfastijōniz | *erþōfastijōnǫ̂ | *erþōfastīniz | *erþōfastijanǫ̂ |
| dative | *erþōfastīni | *erþōfastijammaz | *erþōfastijōni | *erþōfastijōmaz | *erþōfastīni | *erþōfastijammaz |
| instrumental | *erþōfastīnē | *erþōfastijammiz | *erþōfastijōnē | *erþōfastijōmiz | *erþōfastīnē | *erþōfastijammiz |
Descendants
- Old English: eorþfæst, eorþfest
- Middle English: *erthfast, *erdfast
- Scots: erdfast, eirdfast
- Middle English: *erthfast, *erdfast
- Old Frisian: erthfest
- Old Saxon: *erthafast, *erthfast
- Middle Low German: erdfast, ērdvast, ērtvast
- Dutch: aardvast
- German: erdfest
- Old Norse: jarðfastr
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*erþafastaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 85