Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwītaz

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

Kroonen notes a possible derivation from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytōr, genitive *ḱwitnós, a heteroclitic byform of *ḱweytos (“bright; shine”). The oblique stem, used to form *ḱwitnós would create a voiceless geminate stop tt assuming Kluge's law, which would be reduced to a single t after the heavy first syllable once the consonantism was analogically extended to other cases. Compare Proto-Slavic *světъ (“light; world”), Sanskrit श्वेत (śvetá, “white, bright”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxʷiː.tɑz/

Adjective

*hwītaz

  1. white
    Synonyms: *blaikaz, *blankaz

Inflection

Declension of *hwītaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *hwītaz *hwītō *hwītą, -atō *hwītai *hwītôz *hwītō
accusative *hwītanǭ *hwītǭ *hwītą, -atō *hwītanz *hwītōz *hwītō
genitive *hwītas, -is *hwītaizōz *hwītas, -is *hwītaizǫ̂ *hwītaizǫ̂ *hwītaizǫ̂
dative *hwītammai *hwītaizōi *hwītammai *hwītaimaz *hwītaimaz *hwītaimaz
instrumental *hwītanō *hwītaizō *hwītanō *hwītaimiz *hwītaimiz *hwītaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *hwītô *hwītǭ *hwītô *hwītaniz *hwītōniz *hwītōnō
accusative *hwītanų *hwītōnų *hwītô *hwītanunz *hwītōnunz *hwītōnō
genitive *hwītiniz *hwītōniz *hwītiniz *hwītanǫ̂ *hwītōnǫ̂ *hwītanǫ̂
dative *hwītini *hwītōni *hwītini *hwītammaz *hwītōmaz *hwītammaz
instrumental *hwītinē *hwītōnē *hwītinē *hwītammiz *hwītōmiz *hwītammiz

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

Colors in Proto-Germanic · *farwôz (layout · text)
     *blaikaz, *blankaz, *hwītaz, *blasaz      *falwaz, *grēwaz, *haswaz, *grīsaz, *hairaz      *blakaz, *swartaz
             *raudaz              *brūnaz, *erpaz, *dusnaz              *gelwaz, *gulaz
             *grōniz              *grōniz             
                          *blēwaz              *blēwaz, *hēwijaz
             *blēwaz, *hēwijaz              *baswaz             

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hwīta- ~ *hwitta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 267
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