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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/selbaz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (“one's own”), from *swé (“separate, apart”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsel.βɑz/
Inflection
Although the word was clearly an a-stem, in Gothic only the weak inflection was used, and West Germanic the weak inflection was mostly used as well. Old Norse uses only the strong inflection. It's unknown what the Proto-Germanic usage was, and what the difference in meaning was, if any.
Declension of *selbaz (a-stem)
Strong declension | ||||||
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Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *selbaz | *selbai | *selbō | *selbôz | *selbą, -atō | *selbō |
Accusative | *selbanǭ | *selbanz | *selbǭ | *selbōz | *selbą, -atō | *selbō |
Genitive | *selbas, -is | *selbaizǫ̂ | *selbaizōz | *selbaizǫ̂ | *selbas, -is | *selbaizǫ̂ |
Dative | *selbammai | *selbaimaz | *selbaizōi | *selbaimaz | *selbammai | *selbaimaz |
Instrumental | *selbanō | *selbaimiz | *selbaizō | *selbaimiz | *selbanō | *selbaimiz |
Weak declension | ||||||
Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *selbô | *selbaniz | *selbǭ | *selbōniz | *selbô | *selbōnō |
Accusative | *selbanų | *selbanunz | *selbōnų | *selbōnunz | *selbô | *selbōnō |
Genitive | *selbiniz | *selbanǫ̂ | *selbōniz | *selbōnǫ̂ | *selbiniz | *selbanǫ̂ |
Dative | *selbini | *selbammaz | *selbōni | *selbōmaz | *selbini | *selbammaz |
Instrumental | *selbinē | *selbammiz | *selbōnē | *selbōmiz | *selbinē | *selbammiz |
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