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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/faiknastabaz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *faiknaz (“wicked, deceitful, insidious”) + *stabaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɸɑi̯k.nɑ.ˌstɑ.βɑz/
Noun
*faiknastabaz m[1]
- something evil
- wicked act
Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *faiknastabaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *faiknastabaz | *faiknastabōz, *faiknastabōs | |
vocative | *faiknastab | *faiknastabōz, *faiknastabōs | |
accusative | *faiknastabą | *faiknastabanz | |
genitive | *faiknastabas, *faiknastabis | *faiknastabǫ̂ | |
dative | *faiknastabai | *faiknastabamaz | |
instrumental | *faiknastabō | *faiknastabamiz |
Descendants
- Old English: fācenstæf
- Old Norse: feiknstafir (plural)
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*faikna-stabaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 90