Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wīraz

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 Proto-Indo-European *weh₁iros (“a twist, thread, cord, wire”), from *weh₁y- (“to turn, twist, weave, plait”). Compare, in particular, Proto-Celtic *weiros (“crooked”), Lithuanian vairùs (“diverse, various”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwiː.rɑz/

Noun

*wīraz m[1]

  1. wire

Inflection

Declension of *wīraz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wīraz *wīrōz, *wīrōs
vocative *wīr *wīrōz, *wīrōs
accusative *wīrą *wīranz
genitive *wīras, *wīris *wīrǫ̂
dative *wīrai *wīramaz
instrumental *wīrō *wīramiz
  • *wairaz

Descendants

  • Old English: wīr; *wēr
  • Old Saxon: *wīra
    • Middle Low German: wîre
      • German Low German: Wier
      • Low German: Wir
      • → Dutch: wier, (wierdraad)
  • Old High German: wiara
    • Middle High German: wiere
      • German: Wiere
  • Old Norse: vírr; víravirki

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wīraz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 467
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