Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/weþruz

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 *wétrus, from *wet- (“year”). Cognate with Latin vitulus (“calf”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈweθ.ruz/

Noun

*weþruz m[1]

  1. yearling lamb
  2. wether, ram

Inflection

Declension of *weþruz (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *weþruz *wiþriwiz
vocative *weþru *wiþriwiz
accusative *weþrų *weþrunz
genitive *weþrauz *wiþriwǫ̂
dative *wiþriwi *weþrumaz
instrumental *weþrū *weþrumiz

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*weþru-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 584
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