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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/arwaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑr.wɑz/

Etymology 1

From Pre-Germanic *Herwos, which could come from either Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (to order, arrange, fit) or *h₃er- (to set in motion).

Adjective

*arwaz [1]

  1. ready, fast
Inflection


Descendants

Etymology 2

An old s-stem continuing Proto-Indo-European *Hérus. Compare Sanskrit अरुस् (arus, wound).

Noun

*arwaz n [2]

  1. scar
Inflection
z-stemDeclension of *arwaz (z-stem)
singular plural
nominative *arwaz *arwizō
vocative *arwaz *arwizō
accusative *arwaz *arwizō
genitive *arwiziz *arwizǫ̂
dative *arwizi *arwizumaz
instrumental *arwizē *arwizumiz
Descendants

In the West Germanic forms, the word was remodeled as an n-stem and picked up initial n- by metanalysis.

  • Old Saxon: *narwo; *narwa
  • Old Dutch: *narwo; *narwa
    • Middle Dutch: *narwe, nerwe
  • Old High German: narwo; narwa, narawa
  • Old Norse: ǫrr, ǫr, ørr, ør, ęr, *ęrr
  • → Finnic: *arpi

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*arwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 37
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*arwiz-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 37
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