Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/warkiz

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 *werg- (“to suffer”); likely cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *wargás (“foe, enemy”), Lithuanian var̃gti (“to live in poverty, suffer hardship”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɑr.kiz/

Noun

*warkiz m[1]

  1. pain

Inflection

Declension of *warkiz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *warkiz *warkīz
vocative *warki *warkīz
accusative *warkį *warkinz
genitive *warkīz *warkijǫ̂
dative *warkī *warkimaz
instrumental *warkī *warkimiz

Derived terms

  • *warkijaną

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*warki-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 574
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