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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/uʀhait
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
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Noun
*uʀhait m[1]
- challenge (to fight)
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *uʀhait | |
Genitive | *uʀhaitas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *uʀhait | *uʀhaitō, *uʀhaitōs |
Accusative | *uʀhait | *uʀhaitā |
Genitive | *uʀhaitas | *uʀhaitō |
Dative | *uʀhaitē | *uʀhaitum |
Instrumental | *uʀhaitu | *uʀhaitum |
Descendants
- Old English: ōret
- Old High German: urheiz
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 308: “PWGmc *o/uzhait”