Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwildiz

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

A participial formation from *kwelaną (“to suffer”); compare in particular Latvian dzelts (“stung”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʷil.diz/

Noun

*kwildiz m[1]

  1. dying; death; downfall; end
  2. the end or dying of the day; evening

Inflection

Declension of *kwildiz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kwildiz *kwildīz
vocative *kwildi *kwildīz
accusative *kwildį *kwildinz
genitive *kwildīz *kwildijǫ̂
dative *kwildī *kwildimaz
instrumental *kwildī *kwildimiz

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kwildi
    • Old English: cwild m or f or n
    • Old High German: kwiltiwerk, quiltiwerc
      • Middle High German: *quilt, *kilt
        • German: Kilt m,
          • ⇒ German: Kiltgang m
  • (Old Norse: kveld n < Proto-Germanic byform *kweldą)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*kwelđaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 227
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