Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þewanōstaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Etymology

From *þewanōną.[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. What is this suffix?

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθe.wɑ.nɔː.stɑz/

Noun

*þewanōstaz m

  1. service

Inflection

Declension of *þewanōstaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *þewanōstaz *þewanōstōz, *þewanōstōs
vocative *þewanōst *þewanōstōz, *þewanōstōs
accusative *þewanōstą *þewanōstanz
genitive *þewanōstas, *þewanōstis *þewanōstǫ̂
dative *þewanōstai *þewanōstamaz
instrumental *þewanōstō *þewanōstamiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*þeʒwanōstōn ~ *þeʒwanōstan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 419