Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/grautaz

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 pre-Germanic *gʰrowd-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-, *gʰer- (“to rub, grind, remove”). Akin to Proto-Slavic *gruda (“pile”), Proto-Slavic *grudьnъ (“crude, lousy”). Synchronically analyzable as a regular o-grade adjectival formation from *greutaną (“to grind, crush”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣrɑu̯.tɑz/

Adjective

*grautaz

  1. coarse, crude
  2. big, large

Inflection

Declension of *grautaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *grautaz *grautō *grautą, -atō *grautai *grautôz *grautō
accusative *grautanǭ *grautǭ *grautą, -atō *grautanz *grautōz *grautō
genitive *grautas, -is *grautaizōz *grautas, -is *grautaizǫ̂ *grautaizǫ̂ *grautaizǫ̂
dative *grautammai *grautaizōi *grautammai *grautaimaz *grautaimaz *grautaimaz
instrumental *grautanō *grautaizō *grautanō *grautaimiz *grautaimiz *grautaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *grautô *grautǭ *grautô *grautaniz *grautōniz *grautōnō
accusative *grautanų *grautōnų *grautô *grautanunz *grautōnunz *grautōnō
genitive *grautiniz *grautōniz *grautiniz *grautanǫ̂ *grautōnǫ̂ *grautanǫ̂
dative *grautini *grautōni *grautini *grautammaz *grautōmaz *grautammaz
instrumental *grautinē *grautōnē *grautinē *grautammiz *grautōmiz *grautammiz

Synonyms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*grauta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 187
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