Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snaiwaz

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 *snóygʷʰos (“snow”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsnɑi̯.wɑz/

Noun

*snaiwaz m

  1. snow

Inflection

Declension of *snaiwaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *snaiwaz *snaiwōz, *snaiwōs
vocative *snaiw *snaiwōz, *snaiwōs
accusative *snaiwą *snaiwanz
genitive *snaiwas, *snaiwis *snaiwǫ̂
dative *snaiwai *snaiwamaz
instrumental *snaiwō *snaiwamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*snaiwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 460
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