Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwikwaz

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *kwiwaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʷi.kʷɑz/

Adjective

*kwikwaz

  1. alive
  2. lively, quick

Inflection

Declension of *kwikwaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *kwikwaz *kwikwō *kwikwą, -atō *kwikwai *kwikwôz *kwikwō
accusative *kwikwanǭ *kwikwǭ *kwikwą, -atō *kwikwanz *kwikwōz *kwikwō
genitive *kwikwas, -is *kwikwaizōz *kwikwas, -is *kwikwaizǫ̂ *kwikwaizǫ̂ *kwikwaizǫ̂
dative *kwikwammai *kwikwaizōi *kwikwammai *kwikwaimaz *kwikwaimaz *kwikwaimaz
instrumental *kwikwanō *kwikwaizō *kwikwanō *kwikwaimiz *kwikwaimiz *kwikwaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *kwikwô *kwikwǭ *kwikwô *kwikwaniz *kwikwōniz *kwikwōnō
accusative *kwikwanų *kwikwōnų *kwikwô *kwikwanunz *kwikwōnunz *kwikwōnō
genitive *kwikwiniz *kwikwōniz *kwikwiniz *kwikwanǫ̂ *kwikwōnǫ̂ *kwikwanǫ̂
dative *kwikwini *kwikwōni *kwikwini *kwikwammaz *kwikwōmaz *kwikwammaz
instrumental *kwikwinē *kwikwōnē *kwikwinē *kwikwammiz *kwikwōmiz *kwikwammiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kwiwa- ~ *kwikwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 320
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