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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wīnafatą
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *wīną (“wine”) + *fatą (“vessel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwiː.nɑ.ˌɸɑ.tɑ̃/
Noun
*wīnafatą n[1]
- a vessel for containing wine; wine-cask, wine-jug
Inflection
| neuter a-stemDeclension of *wīnafatą (neuter a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *wīnafatą | *wīnafatō | |
| vocative | *wīnafatą | *wīnafatō | |
| accusative | *wīnafatą | *wīnafatō | |
| genitive | *wīnafatas, *wīnafatis | *wīnafatǫ̂ | |
| dative | *wīnafatai | *wīnafatamaz | |
| instrumental | *wīnafatō | *wīnafatamiz | |
Descendants
- Old English: wīnfæt
- Old Saxon: *wīnfat
- Middle Low German: wīnfat
- Old High German: wīnfaz
- Middle High German: wīnvaz
- German: Weinfass
- Middle High German: wīnvaz
- Old Norse: vínfat
- Icelandic: vínfat
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*wīna-fatan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 467