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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dwās
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *dwēsaz.
Adjective
*dwās
- foolish, stupid
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *dwās | ||
| Genitive | *dwāsas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *dwās | *dwāsu | *dwās |
| Accusative | *dwāsanā | *dwāsā | *dwās |
| Genitive | *dwāsas | *dwāseʀā | *dwāsas |
| Dative | *dwāsumē | *dwāseʀē | *dwāsumē |
| Instrumental | *dwāsu | *dwāseʀu | *dwāsu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *dwāsē | *dwāsō | *dwāsu |
| Accusative | *dwāsā | *dwāsā | *dwāsu |
| Genitive | *dwāseʀō | *dwāseʀō | *dwāseʀō |
| Dative | *dwāsēm, *dwāsum | *dwāsēm, *dwāsum | *dwāsēm, *dwāsum |
| Instrumental | *dwāsēm, *dwāsum | *dwāsēm, *dwāsum | *dwāsēm, *dwāsum |
Descendants
- Old English: dwǣs
- Middle English: dwæs
- Old Frisian: dwēs
- Old Saxon: *dwās
- Middle Low German: dwâs
- Low German: dwas
- Middle Low German: dwâs
- Old Dutch: *dwās
- Middle Dutch: dwâes
- Dutch: dwaas
- Afrikaans: dwaas
- → West Frisian: dwaas (noun)
- Limburgish: dwaos
- Dutch: dwaas
- Middle Dutch: dwâes
- Old High German: *dwās, *twās
- Middle High German: twās, dwās