Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hraustaz

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

Probably an adjectival formation from *hreusaną (“to fall, rush”).[1]

Adjective

*hraustaz

  1. strong
  2. active

Inflection

Declension of *hraustaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *hraustaz *hraustō *hraustą, -atō *hraustai *hraustôz *hraustō
accusative *hraustanǭ *hraustǭ *hraustą, -atō *hraustanz *hraustōz *hraustō
genitive *hraustas, -is *hraustaizōz *hraustas, -is *hraustaizǫ̂ *hraustaizǫ̂ *hraustaizǫ̂
dative *hraustammai *hraustaizōi *hraustammai *hraustaimaz *hraustaimaz *hraustaimaz
instrumental *hraustanō *hraustaizō *hraustanō *hraustaimiz *hraustaimiz *hraustaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *hraustô *hraustǭ *hraustô *hraustaniz *hraustōniz *hraustōnō
accusative *hraustanų *hraustōnų *hraustô *hraustanunz *hraustōnunz *hraustōnō
genitive *hraustiniz *hraustōniz *hraustiniz *hraustanǫ̂ *hraustōnǫ̂ *hraustanǫ̂
dative *hraustini *hraustōni *hraustini *hraustammaz *hraustōmaz *hraustammaz
instrumental *hraustinē *hraustōnē *hraustinē *hraustammiz *hraustōmiz *hraustammiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic:
    • Old High German:
      • Middle High German:
        • German: röst (“sprightly, active”) (dialectal)
  • Old Norse: hraustr (“strong, valiant”)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xraustaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 185
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