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This Proto-West 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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *nabōgaizaz. Equivalent to *nabu (“nave”) + *gaiʀ (“spear”).
Noun
*nabugaiʀ m
- auger
Inflection
Masculine a-stem
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Singular
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Nominative
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*nabugaiʀ
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Genitive
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*nabugaiʀas
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Singular
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Plural
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Nominative
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*nabugaiʀ
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*nabugaiʀō, *nabugaiʀōs
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Accusative
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*nabugaiʀ
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*nabugaiʀā
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Genitive
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*nabugaiʀas
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*nabugaiʀō
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Dative
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*nabugaiʀē
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*nabugaiʀum
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Instrumental
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*nabugaiʀu
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*nabugaiʀum
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Descendants
- Old English: nafugār, nafogār, nafegār
- Old Frisian: navoger
- Old Saxon: navugēr, nabugēr
- Middle Low German: neveger, eveger, never
- Old Dutch: *navugēr
- Middle Dutch: nāvegêer, nāveger, nāvegāer, āvegêer
- Old High German: nabagēr, nabigēr, nabugēr
- Middle High German: nabeger, nebeger
- German: Näber
- Vilamovian: nȧgwer
- → Proto-Slavic: *nebozězъ, *nabozězъ