Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/twīgą

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 *dwigʰon (“forked branch”), which Orel derives from *dwóh₁ (“two”),[1] presumably based on the two-forked shape of twigs, though Kroonen adduces no cognates outside of Germanic and leaves the origin open.[2] Compare Old Church Slavonic двигъ (dvigŭ, “branch”), Albanian degë (“branch”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtwiː.ɣɑ̃/

Noun

*twīgą n[1]

  1. branch
  2. twig

Inflection

Declension of *twīgą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *twīgą *twīgō
vocative *twīgą *twīgō
accusative *twīgą *twīgō
genitive *twīgas, *twīgis *twīgǫ̂
dative *twīgai *twīgamaz
instrumental *twīgō *twīgamiz

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Old English: twiġ; twī; (twīġa); (twicg, twigg)
  • Old Frisian: *twīch
    • North Frisian: twiig
    • Saterland Frisian: Twiech
    • West Frisian: twiich
  • Old Saxon: *twig, *twīh
  • Old Dutch: *twig, *twīh
    • Middle Dutch: twijch
  • Old High German: zwīg; (zwī)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*twī̆ʒan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 414
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*twig/kkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 530
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