Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nawiz

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 *nh̥₂w-i-s (“corpse”), from *neh₂w- (“death; corpse”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂𐍉𐌽 (ganawistrōn, “to bury”), Proto-Balto-Slavic *nā́ˀwis (“death, corpse”),[1] Tocharian B naut- (“to disappear; be destroyed”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɑ.wiz/

Noun

*nawiz m

  1. corpse

Inflection

Declension of *nawiz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *nawiz *nawīz
vocative *nawi *nawīz
accusative *nawį *nawinz
genitive *nawīz *nawjǫ̂
dative *nawī *nawimaz
instrumental *nawī *nawimiz

See also

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *nawi
  • Old Norse: nár
    • Icelandic: nár
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: nåe
    • Norwegian Bokmål: nåe
  • Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍃 (naus)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*nawi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 385
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