Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/grēwaz

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

Probably from a Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (to glow, be visible), and cognate with Proto-Slavic *zьrěti (to observe, look at), Lithuanian žėrė́ti (to shine, sparkle), and Proto-Germanic *greujaną (to dawn) (whence Swedish gry (to dawn)).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣrɛː.wɑz/

Adjective

*grēwaz

  1. grey
    Synonym: *grīsaz

Inflection

Declension of *grēwaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *grēwaz *grēwō *grēwą, -atō *grēwai *grēwôz *grēwō
accusative *grēwanǭ *grēwǭ *grēwą, -atō *grēwanz *grēwōz *grēwō
genitive *grēwas, -is *grēwaizōz *grēwas, -is *grēwaizǫ̂ *grēwaizǫ̂ *grēwaizǫ̂
dative *grēwammai *grēwaizōi *grēwammai *grēwaimaz *grēwaimaz *grēwaimaz
instrumental *grēwanō *grēwaizō *grēwanō *grēwaimiz *grēwaimiz *grēwaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *grēwô *grēwǭ *grēwô *grēwaniz *grēwōniz *grēwōnō
accusative *grēwanų *grēwōnų *grēwô *grēwanunz *grēwōnunz *grēwōnō
genitive *grēwiniz *grēwōniz *grēwiniz *grēwanǫ̂ *grēwōnǫ̂ *grēwanǫ̂
dative *grēwini *grēwōni *grēwini *grēwammaz *grēwōmaz *grēwammaz
instrumental *grēwinē *grēwōnē *grēwinē *grēwammiz *grēwōmiz *grēwammiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *grāu
    • Old English: grǣġ, grēi, grēġAnglian
      • Middle English: grey
        • English: gray, grey
        • Scots: gray
        • Yola: gry
    • Old Frisian: grē
      • North Frisian:
        Föhr, Wiedingharde: grä
        Hallig: grai
        Mooring: gra
    • Old Saxon: grāo
    • Old Dutch: grāo
    • Old High German: grāo
      • Middle High German: grā
        • Alemannic German: graaw
        • Bavarian: grau
          Gottscheerish: grūb
        • Central Franconian:
          Hunsrik: grau
          Luxembourgish: gro
        • East Central German:
          Vilamovian: graoj
        • East Franconian:
        • German: grau
        • Rhine Franconian:
          Frankfurterisch: IPA [kʀoː], (newer, from about 1925) [kʀau]
          Pennsylvania German: gro
        • Yiddish: גראָ (gro), גרוי (groy)
  • Old Norse: grár
    • Icelandic: grár
    • Faroese: gráur
    • Norn: grå, grågi
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: grå; (dialectal) grår, grår’e, grå’u
    • Old Swedish: grār
    • Danish: grå
      • Norwegian Bokmål: grå
    • Gutnish: graar, grar, gra, graur
  • Proto-Samic: *krāvēs (see there for further descendants)
  • ? Proto-Finnic: *raavas (see there for further descendants)

See also

Colors in Proto-Germanic · *farwôz (layout · text)
     *blaikaz, *blankaz, *hwītaz, *blasaz      *falwaz, *grēwaz, *haswaz, *grīsaz, *hairaz      *blakaz, *swartaz
             *raudaz              *brūnaz, *erpaz, *dusnaz              *gelwaz, *gulaz
             *grōniz              *grōniz             
                          *blēwaz              *blēwaz, *hēwijaz
             *blēwaz, *hēwijaz              *baswaz             

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*grēwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 189