Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/warzaz

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 *wers- (“to protrude; peak, excrescence”). Cognate with Latin verruca (“wart; hillock”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈwɑr.zɑz/

Noun

*warzaz m[1]

  1. callus

Declension

Declension of *warzaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *warzaz *warzōz, *warzōs
vocative *warz *warzōz, *warzōs
accusative *warzą *warzanz
genitive *warzas, *warzis *warzǫ̂
dative *warzai *warzamaz
instrumental *warzō *warzamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *warʀ, *wars
    • Old English: wearr, wear
      • Middle English: warre, werre, werr
        • English: war (dialectal)
          • ⇒ English: warrabee, warble (dialectal)
        • ⇒ English: weerock
        • Scots: war, waur, wer
        • ⇒ Early Scots: wyrok
          • Scots: wirrok, werrock, warrack, warrach, warroch
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: wersene, wirsene f (< *warsīnu, *warsīnā)
    • Old Dutch: *warr
  • Old Norse:

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*warza-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 575
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