Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/geraz

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

Related to *gernaz (“willing, eager”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣe.rɑz/

Adjective

*geraz

  1. greedy

Inflection

Declension of *geraz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *geraz *gerō *gerą, -atō *gerai *gerôz *gerō
accusative *geranǭ *gerǭ *gerą, -atō *geranz *gerōz *gerō
genitive *geras, -is *geraizōz *geras, -is *geraizǫ̂ *geraizǫ̂ *geraizǫ̂
dative *gerammai *geraizōi *gerammai *geraimaz *geraimaz *geraimaz
instrumental *geranō *geraizō *geranō *geraimiz *geraimiz *geraimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *gerô *gerǭ *gerô *geraniz *gerōniz *gerōnō
accusative *geranų *gerōnų *gerô *geranunz *gerōnunz *gerōnō
genitive *geriniz *gerōniz *geriniz *geranǫ̂ *gerōnǫ̂ *geranǫ̂
dative *gerini *gerōni *gerini *gerammaz *gerōmaz *gerammaz
instrumental *gerinē *gerōnē *gerinē *gerammiz *gerōmiz *gerammiz

Derived terms

  • *girį̄
  • *gīrǭ
    • Gothic: *𐌲𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍉 (*geirō) in 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌲𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍉 (faihugeirō)

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Gier”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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