Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wirsizô

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

    Derived from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to rise; peak”). Probably related to Irish fearr (“better”), which has the opposite meaning. The original meaning could therefore be 'further outside, more extreme' for both the Germanic and Irish, albeit developing in opposite directions connotationally. Maybe related to Lithuanian viršùs (“upper part, peak”), viršuti̇̀nis (“upper, outer”), and Sanskrit वर्षीयस् (várṣīyas, “higher”).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈwir.zi.zɔːː/

    Adjective

    *wirsizô (adverb *wirsiz)[1][2][3]

    1. comparative degree of *ubilaz

    Inflection

    Declension of *wirsizô (an/īn-stem)
    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative *wirsizô *wirsizį̄ *wirsizô *wirsizaniz *wirsizīniz *wirsizōnō
    accusative *wirsizanų *wirsizīnų *wirsizô *wirsizanunz *wirsizīnunz *wirsizōnō
    genitive *wirsiziniz *wirsizīniz *wirsiziniz *wirsizanǫ̂ *wirsizīnǫ̂ *wirsizanǫ̂
    dative *wirsizini *wirsizīni *wirsizini *wirsizammaz *wirsizīmaz *wirsizammaz
    instrumental *wirsizinē *wirsizīnē *wirsizinē *wirsizammiz *wirsizīmiz *wirsizammiz

    Alternative reconstructions

    Derived terms

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wersiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 457
    2. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 85: “PGmc *wirsizō̄”
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Heidermanns, Frank (1993) “werzizan- (> wersizan-)”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica; 33) (in German), Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 675-676
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