Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwēniz

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 an i-stem derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn f (“woman”). Kroonen conjectures that it may be the nominalisation of a vr̥ddhi-gerundive of an otherwise unsupported *kwenan- < *gʷén-e- verb which would be "to mary". He cites the predominance of the "wife" meaning, as opposed to the more direct descendent *kwenǭ (“woman”) and a similar formation in Sanskrit : भर॑ति (bhárati, “to bear”) giving भार्या (bhāryā).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʷɛː.niz/

Noun

*kwēniz f

  1. wife

Inflection

Declension of *kwēniz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kwēniz *kwēnīz
vocative *kwēni *kwēnīz
accusative *kwēnį *kwēninz
genitive *kwēnīz *kwēnijǫ̂
dative *kwēnī *kwēnimaz
instrumental *kwēnī *kwēnimiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kwēni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 316-317
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