Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/glawwaz

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

Alternative forms

  • *glawwuz (earlier form)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰlewH- (“clear, sharp”); cognate with Old Irish gluair (“clear, clean”) and perhaps *glūnēn- (“to peer”), whence dialectal Swedish gluna (“to stare, peer”) and Latvian glũnêt (“to lour”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣlɑw.wɑz/

Adjective

*glawwaz

  1. wise; prudent
  2. wary; circumspect
  3. perceptive
  4. clever; smart
  5. accurate; precise

Inflection

Declension of *glawwaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *glawwaz *glawwō *glawwą, -atō *glawwai *glawwôz *glawwō
accusative *glawwanǭ *glawwǭ *glawwą, -atō *glawwanz *glawwōz *glawwō
genitive *glawwas, -is *glawwaizōz *glawwas, -is *glawwaizǫ̂ *glawwaizǫ̂ *glawwaizǫ̂
dative *glawwammai *glawwaizōi *glawwammai *glawwaimaz *glawwaimaz *glawwaimaz
instrumental *glawwanō *glawwaizō *glawwanō *glawwaimiz *glawwaimiz *glawwaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *glawwô *glawwǭ *glawwô *glawwaniz *glawwōniz *glawwōnō
accusative *glawwanų *glawwōnų *glawwô *glawwanunz *glawwōnunz *glawwōnō
genitive *glawwiniz *glawwōniz *glawwiniz *glawwanǫ̂ *glawwōnǫ̂ *glawwanǫ̂
dative *glawwini *glawwōni *glawwini *glawwammaz *glawwōmaz *glawwammaz
instrumental *glawwinē *glawwōnē *glawwinē *glawwammiz *glawwōmiz *glawwammiz

Derived terms

  • *glawwį̄
  • *glawwiþō

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *glauw
    • Old English: glēaw
    • Old Saxon: glau
    • Old Dutch: *glao
      • Dutch: glouw, glooi (dialectal)
    • Old High German: glou, glau, klau
      • Middle High German: *glou (in glouheit)
        • German: glau (dialectal)
  • Old Norse: glǫggr, gløggr
  • Gothic: *𐌲𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 (*glaggws), *𐌲𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌿𐍃 (*glaggus) (in derivatives)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 180
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