Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwastuz

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

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *gwosdos (“piece of wood”), which seems like a nominal derivative from a root *gʷes- (“twig; leafwork”). Compare Proto-Celtic *buzdos (“tail, penis”) (whence Middle Irish bot (“tail, penis”), Welsh both (“hub, nave”)), Albanian gjeth (“leaf, foliage”), Proto-Slavic *gvozdь (“nail, tack, peg”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwɑs.tuz/

Noun

*kwastuz m[1]

  1. tuft
  2. tassel

Inflection

Declension of *kwastuz (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kwastuz *kwastiwiz
vocative *kwastu *kwastiwiz
accusative *kwastų *kwastunz
genitive *kwastauz *kwastiwǫ̂
dative *kwastiwi *kwastumaz
instrumental *kwastū *kwastumiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kwastu, *kwasti
  • Old Norse: *kvǫstr; (kvistr)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003), “*kwastuz ~ *kwastaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 227
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*gvozdь; *gvozdъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 196: “m. i; m o ‘nail’”
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