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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 *dwergaz.
Noun
*dwerg m
- dwarf
Inflection
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*dwerg(a)
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| Genitive
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*dwergas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*dwerg(a)
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*dwergōs
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| Accusative
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*dwerg(a)
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*dwergā
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| Genitive
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*dwergas
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*dwergō
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| Dative
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*dwergē
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*dwergum
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| Instrumental
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*dwergu
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*dwergum
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Descendants
- Old English: dweorg, dweorh, dwerg
- Middle English: dwergh, duarf, duerf, duerwe, dwarfe, dwarff, dwarow, dwarw, dwerew, dwerf, dwerff, dwerffe, dwerk, dwerke, dweruf, dweruȝ, dwerw, dwerwh, dwery, dwæruh, dueorg (Early Middle English), dwarghe, dwerghe, dwerȝe (Northern), dwerowe, dwerwhe (Promptorium Parvulorum)
- Old Frisian: dwerch
- Old Saxon: dwerg
- Middle Low German: dwerch, dwarch, dwark
- Old Dutch: *dwerg
- Old High German: twërc, twërg
- Middle High German: twërc