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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wēraz
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Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *wērijaz
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros (“true”), from *weh₁-. Cognate with Latin vērus (“true”), Irish fíor (“true”), Proto-Slavic *vě̀ra (“faith/belief”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwɛː.rɑz/
Adjective
*wēraz
- true; reliable
- friendly; kind
Inflection
Declension of *wēraz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *wēraz | *wērai | *wērō | *wērôz | *wērą, -atō | *wērō |
| Accusative | *wēranǭ | *wēranz | *wērǭ | *wērōz | *wērą, -atō | *wērō |
| Genitive | *wēras, -is | *wēraizǫ̂ | *wēraizōz | *wēraizǫ̂ | *wēras, -is | *wēraizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *wērammai | *wēraimaz | *wēraizōi | *wēraimaz | *wērammai | *wēraimaz |
| Instrumental | *wēranō | *wēraimiz | *wēraizō | *wēraimiz | *wēranō | *wēraimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *wērô | *wēraniz | *wērǭ | *wērōniz | *wērô | *wērōnō |
| Accusative | *wēranų | *wēranunz | *wērōnų | *wērōnunz | *wērô | *wērōnō |
| Genitive | *wēriniz | *wēranǫ̂ | *wērōniz | *wērōnǫ̂ | *wēriniz | *wēranǫ̂ |
| Dative | *wērini | *wērammaz | *wērōni | *wērōmaz | *wērini | *wērammaz |
| Instrumental | *wērinē | *wērammiz | *wērōnē | *wērōmiz | *wērinē | *wērammiz |
Derived terms
- *wērą
- *wērijaną
- *wērō
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *wār
- Old English: wǣr
- Old Frisian: wēr
- North Frisian: wer
- Saterland Frisian: weer
- West Frisian: wier
- Old Saxon: wār; *wāri
- Middle Low German: wâr
- German Low German: wahr
- Middle Low German: wâr
- Old Dutch: wār; *wāri
- Middle Dutch: waer
- Dutch: waar
- Middle Dutch: waer
- Old High German: wār
- Middle High German: wār
- Cimbrian: baar
- German: wahr
- Hunsrik: woher
- Luxembourgish: wouer
- Yiddish: וואָר (vor)
- Middle High German: wār
- Old Norse: værr Vár; alværð; alvara (possibly borrowed)
- Icelandic: alvara
- Faroese: álvarsamur
- Swedish: allvar
- Norwegian: alvor
- Old Danish: allvar
- Danish: alvor
- Gothic: *𐍅𐌴𐍂𐍃 (*wērs) or *𐍅𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*wēreis), in derivates such as 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐍅𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹 (allawērei)