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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/westraz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
| PIE word |
|---|
| *wek(ʷ)speros |
Perhaps from Pre-Germanic *wekʷsp(e)ros (“evening”), from Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros, with the -p- passing to -t- under the influence of the dentals in *austraz, *nurþraz, *sunþraz.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwes.trɑz/
Adjective
*westraz (comparative *westrōzô, superlative *westrōstaz)
- 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 |
Derived terms
- *westanē
- *westrą
- *westrōnijaz
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic:
- Old English: west
- English: west
- Old High German: *westar
- Middle High German: wester
- Old English: west
References
- 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 1609-8498