Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/warpą

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

Nominal formation from *werpaną (“to throw, cast”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑr.pɑ̃/

Noun

*warpą n

  1. (weaving) warp

Inflection

Declension of *warpą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *warpą *warpō
vocative *warpą *warpō
accusative *warpą *warpō
genitive *warpas, *warpis *warpǫ̂
dative *warpai *warpamaz
instrumental *warpō *warpamiz

Descendants

  • Old English: wearp, warp
  • Middle Low German: warp
  • Middle Dutch: warp
  • Old High German: warf
  • Old Norse: varp (“cast of net, laying of eggs”)
  • →? Proto-Finnic: *varpa (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*warpan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 450
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