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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwassaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₁dstós (“sharpened”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxʷɑs.sɑz/
Adjective
*hwassaz
- sharp
Inflection
Declension of *hwassaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hwassaz | *hwassai | *hwassō | *hwassôz | *hwassa | *hwassō |
| Accusative | *hwassanǭ | *hwassanz | *hwassǭ | *hwassōz | *hwassa | *hwassō |
| Genitive | *hwassas, -is | *hwassaizǫ̂ | *hwassaizōz | *hwassaizǫ̂ | *hwassas, -is | *hwassaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *hwassammai | *hwassaimaz | *hwassaizōi | *hwassaimaz | *hwassammai | *hwassaimaz |
| Instrumental | *hwassanō | *hwassaimiz | *hwassaizō | *hwassaimiz | *hwassanō | *hwassaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hwassô | *hwassaniz | *hwassǭ | *hwassōniz | *hwassô | *hwassōnō |
| Accusative | *hwassanų | *hwassanunz | *hwassōnų | *hwassōnunz | *hwassô | *hwassōnō |
| Genitive | *hwassiniz | *hwassanǫ̂ | *hwassōniz | *hwassōnǫ̂ | *hwassiniz | *hwassanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *hwassini | *hwassammaz | *hwassōni | *hwassōmaz | *hwassini | *hwassammaz |
| Instrumental | *hwassinē | *hwassammiz | *hwassōnē | *hwassōmiz | *hwassinē | *hwassammiz |
Related terms
- *hwētaną
- *hwataz
- *hwatjaną
Descendants
- Old English: hwæss
- Old Saxon: hwass
- Old High German: was
- Old Norse: hvass
- Icelandic: hvass
- Faroese: hvassur
- Old Swedish: hvas
- Swedish: vass
- Danish: hvas
- Norwegian: hvass
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kvass
- Gothic: *𐍈𐌰𐍃𐍃 (*ƕass) or *𐍈𐌰𐍄𐍃 (*ƕats) (in 𐍈𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌰 (ƕassaba), 𐍈𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌴𐌹 (ƕassei))