Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/strakaz

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

Etymology

Probably from a Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg- (“rigid, stiff”), and cognate with Proto-Slavic *strȍgъ (“strict”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstrɑ.kɑz/

Adjective

*strakaz

  1. stretched, straight

Inflection

Declension of *strakaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *strakaz *strakō *straką, -atō *strakai *strakôz *strakō
accusative *strakanǭ *strakǭ *straką, -atō *strakanz *strakōz *strakō
genitive *strakas, -is *strakaizōz *strakas, -is *strakaizǫ̂ *strakaizǫ̂ *strakaizǫ̂
dative *strakammai *strakaizōi *strakammai *strakaimaz *strakaimaz *strakaimaz
instrumental *strakanō *strakaizō *strakanō *strakaimiz *strakaimiz *strakaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *strakô *strakǭ *strakô *strakaniz *strakōniz *strakōnō
accusative *strakanų *strakōnų *strakô *strakanunz *strakōnunz *strakōnō
genitive *strakiniz *strakōniz *strakiniz *strakanǫ̂ *strakōnǫ̂ *strakanǫ̂
dative *strakini *strakōni *strakini *strakammaz *strakōmaz *strakammaz
instrumental *strakinē *strakōnē *strakinē *strakammiz *strakōmiz *strakammiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *strak, *strakk
    • Old English: stræc, strec
    • Old Frisian: *strak
    • Old Saxon: *strak
    • Old Dutch: *strac
    • Old High German: *strak (in framstrac)
  • ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *strakō
  • Old Norse:
    • Norwegian: strak (“tight”)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*strak(k)az”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 380
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