Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwarjaz

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 earlier *kʷoryos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxʷɑr.jɑz/

Determiner

*hwarjaz

  1. (interrogative) which, what (of many)

Inflection

Declension of *hwarjaz (ja-stem, strong only)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *hwarjaz *hwarjō *hwarją, *-at(ō) *hwarjai *hwarjôz *hwarjō
accusative *hwarjanǭ *hwarjǭ *hwarją, *-at(ō) *hwarjanz *hwarjōz *hwarjō
genitive *hwarjas, *hwaris *hwarjaizōz *hwarjas, *hwaris *hwarjaizǫ̂ *hwarjaizǫ̂ *hwarjaizǫ̂
dative *hwarjammai *hwarjaizōi *hwarjammai *hwarjaimaz *hwarjaimaz *hwarjaimaz
instrumental *hwarjanō *hwarjaizō *hwarjanō *hwarjaimiz *hwarjaimiz *hwarjaimiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-Norse: *ᚺᚹᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉ (*hwarjaʀ)
  • Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐍃 (ƕarjis)

Further reading

  • Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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