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

• *hwarjazuh

Related terms

• *hwaz
• *hwaþeraz

Descendants

• Proto-Norse: *ᚺᚹᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉ (*hwarjaʀ)
  • Old Norse: hverr (paradigm merged with *hwaz)
    • Icelandic: hver
    • Faroese: hvør
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvar, kven
    • Old Swedish: hvar (acc. fem. hvaria)
      • Swedish: varje (var)
    • Danish: hver
      • Norwegian Bokmål: hver
• 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