Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwassaz

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 *kʷh₁dtós (“sharpened”); by surface analysis, the original participle of *hwētaną (“to attack, stab”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxʷɑs.sɑz/

Adjective

*hwassaz^[1]^[2]

sharp

Inflection

Declension of *hwassaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*hwassaz	*hwassō	*hwassą, -atō	*hwassai	*hwassôz	*hwassō
accusative	*hwassanǭ	*hwassǭ	*hwassą, -atō	*hwassanz	*hwassōz	*hwassō
genitive	*hwassas, -is	*hwassaizōz	*hwassas, -is	*hwassaizǫ̂	*hwassaizǫ̂	*hwassaizǫ̂
dative	*hwassammai	*hwassaizōi	*hwassammai	*hwassaimaz	*hwassaimaz	*hwassaimaz
instrumental	*hwassanō	*hwassaizō	*hwassanō	*hwassaimiz	*hwassaimiz	*hwassaimiz

Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*hwassô	*hwassǭ	*hwassô	*hwassaniz	*hwassōniz	*hwassōnō
accusative	*hwassanų	*hwassōnų	*hwassô	*hwassanunz	*hwassōnunz	*hwassōnō
genitive	*hwassiniz	*hwassōniz	*hwassiniz	*hwassanǫ̂	*hwassōnǫ̂	*hwassanǫ̂
dative	*hwassini	*hwassōni	*hwassini	*hwassammaz	*hwassōmaz	*hwassammaz
instrumental	*hwassinē	*hwassōnē	*hwassinē	*hwassammiz	*hwassōmiz	*hwassammiz

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *hwass
- Old English: hwæs
- Old Saxon: hwass
- Old High German: was
Old Norse: hvass
- Icelandic: hvass
- Faroese: hvassur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kvass
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: kvass
- Old Swedish: hvas
  - Swedish: vass, (pre-1906 spelling) hvass
- Danish: hvas
  - Norwegian Bokmål: hvass
Gothic: *𐍈𐌰𐍃𐍃 (*ƕass)
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌰 (ƕassaba)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hwassa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 264
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003), “*xwassaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 198

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hwassa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 264

[HGE-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003), “*xwassaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 198

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