Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwaþeraz

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 Proto-Indo-European *kʷóteros (“which of two”), from *kʷos (“which”). Cognate with Sanskrit कतर (katará), Ancient Greek πότερος (póteros), Proto-Slavic *koterъjь / *kotorъjь, Latin uter.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxʷɑ.θe.rɑz/

Determiner

*hwaþeraz

  1. which, what (of two, interrogative)

Inflection

Declension of *hwaþeraz (a-stem, strong only)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *hwaþeraz *hwaþerō *hwaþerą, *-at(ō) *hwaþerai *hwaþerôz *hwaþerō
accusative *hwaþeranǭ *hwaþerǭ *hwaþerą, *-at(ō) *hwaþeranz *hwaþerōz *hwaþerō
genitive *hwaþeras, *hwaþiris *hwaþeraizōz *hwaþeras, *hwaþiris *hwaþeraizǫ̂ *hwaþeraizǫ̂ *hwaþeraizǫ̂
dative *hwaþerammai *hwaþeraizōi *hwaþerammai *hwaþeraimaz *hwaþeraimaz *hwaþeraimaz
instrumental *hwaþeranō *hwaþeraizō *hwaþeranō *hwaþeraimiz *hwaþeraimiz *hwaþeraimiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hwaþera-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 264

Further reading

  • Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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