Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/narwaz

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 *(s)ner- (“to turn, bend, twist, constrict”). Compare Proto-Germanic *snōrō (“cord, string, snare”), Gothic 𐍃𐌽𐍉𐍂𐌾𐍉 (snōrjō, “woven basket”) (< *snōrjō), Sanskrit नृत्यति (nṛ́tyati, “to dance”), Russian нерёт (nerjót, “a type of fish trap”), Lithuanian nérti (“to thread; to dive, plunge; to slip and fall”) and Latvian nãrs (“clamp”).^[1] For the suffix, see *-wós.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɑr.wɑz/

Adjective

*narwaz

constricted; narrow

Inflection

Declension of *narwaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*narwaz	*narwō	*narwą, -atō	*narwai	*narwôz	*narwō
accusative	*narwanǭ	*narwǭ	*narwą, -atō	*narwanz	*narwōz	*narwō
genitive	*narwas, -is	*narwaizōz	*narwas, -is	*narwaizǫ̂	*narwaizǫ̂	*narwaizǫ̂
dative	*narwammai	*narwaizōi	*narwammai	*narwaimaz	*narwaimaz	*narwaimaz
instrumental	*narwanō	*narwaizō	*narwanō	*narwaimiz	*narwaimiz	*narwaimiz

Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*narwô	*narwǭ	*narwô	*narwaniz	*narwōniz	*narwōnō
accusative	*narwanų	*narwōnų	*narwô	*narwanunz	*narwōnunz	*narwōnō
genitive	*narwiniz	*narwōniz	*narwiniz	*narwanǫ̂	*narwōnǫ̂	*narwanǫ̂
dative	*narwini	*narwōni	*narwini	*narwammaz	*narwōmaz	*narwammaz
instrumental	*narwinē	*narwōnē	*narwinē	*narwammiz	*narwōmiz	*narwammiz

Derived terms

*narwijaną
*narwō
*narwǭ

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *naru
- Old English: naro, naru, nearu
  - Middle English: naru, narwe, narewe, narowe
    - English: narrow
    - Scots: naro, narow, narrow
- Old Frisian: *naro
  - North Frisian: naar, noar, noor, nåår
  - Saterland Frisian: noar
  - West Frisian: near, naar
- Old Saxon: naru, naro, narowo, narawo
  - Middle Low German: nare, narwe
    - German Low German: naar
- Old Dutch: *naro, *naru (attested in a placename of probable Frisian origin)
  - Middle Dutch: nare, naer (rare; possibly from Frisian or Saxon)
    - Dutch: naar
      - Afrikaans: naar
- Old High German: *naru (in derivatives)
Old Norse: *nǫrr, *njǫrr (attested in placenames: Nǫrvasund, Njǫrvasund)
- Danish: nor
- Swedish: nor
- Norwegian: nor

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2. (s)ner-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 975–977

[IEW-1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2. (s)ner-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 975–977

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