Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kalwaz

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 *golH-wo-s (found also in Balto-Slavic), from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“bald, bare; head”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑl.wɑz/

Adjective

*kalwaz[1]

  1. bald

Inflection

Declension of *kalwaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *kalwaz *kalwō *kalwą, -atō *kalwai *kalwôz *kalwō
accusative *kalwanǭ *kalwǭ *kalwą, -atō *kalwanz *kalwōz *kalwō
genitive *kalwas, -is *kalwaizōz *kalwas, -is *kalwaizǫ̂ *kalwaizǫ̂ *kalwaizǫ̂
dative *kalwammai *kalwaizōi *kalwammai *kalwaimaz *kalwaimaz *kalwaimaz
instrumental *kalwanō *kalwaizō *kalwanō *kalwaimiz *kalwaimiz *kalwaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *kalwô *kalwǭ *kalwô *kalwaniz *kalwōniz *kalwōnō
accusative *kalwanų *kalwōnų *kalwô *kalwanunz *kalwōnunz *kalwōnō
genitive *kalwiniz *kalwōniz *kalwiniz *kalwanǫ̂ *kalwōnǫ̂ *kalwanǫ̂
dative *kalwini *kalwōni *kalwini *kalwammaz *kalwōmaz *kalwammaz
instrumental *kalwinē *kalwōnē *kalwinē *kalwammiz *kalwōmiz *kalwammiz

Derived terms

  • *kalwį̄
  • *kalwǭ

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kalu
  • Old Norse: *kǫlr
  • → Proto-Samic: *kālvë (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kalwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 278
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.