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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dwerg
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *dwergaz.
Noun
*dwerg m
- dwarf
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *dwerg | |
Genitive | *dwergas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *dwerg | *dwergō, *dwergōs |
Accusative | *dwerg | *dwergā |
Genitive | *dwergas | *dwergō |
Dative | *dwergē | *dwergum |
Instrumental | *dwergu | *dwergum |
Descendants
- Old English: dweorg, dweorh, dwerg
- Middle English: dwerf, dwergh, dwerw, dwerȝ
- English: dwarf
- Scots: dwerch
- Middle English: dwerf, dwergh, dwerw, dwerȝ
- Old Frisian: dwerch
- Saterland Frisian: Dwärch
- West Frisian: dwerch
- Old Saxon: dwerg
- Middle Low German: dwerch, dwarch, dwark
- Low German: Dwarg
- Middle Low German: dwerch, dwarch, dwark
- Old Dutch: *dwerg
- Middle Dutch: dwerch
- Dutch: dwerg
- Afrikaans: dwerg
- Dutch: dwerg
- Middle Dutch: dwerch
- Old High German: twerc, twerg
- Middle High German: twerc
- German: Zwerg
- Middle High German: twerc