Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wargaz

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

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Etymology

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An assumed inheritance supposes a Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (to turn, twist, press, constrict, strangle), but it derives easily in Proto-Slavic *vorgъ, e.g. *izъvьrgnǫti (to cast out), regularly cognate to Latin urgēre and in Germanic *wrekaną (to pursue, to persecute).[1] See also *argaz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*wargaz m

  1. outlaw, criminal
  2. wolf
    Synonym: *wulfaz

Inflection

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masculine a-stemDeclension of *wargaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wargaz *wargōz, *wargōs
vocative *warg *wargōz, *wargōs
accusative *wargą *warganz
genitive *wargas, *wargis *wargǫ̂
dative *wargai *wargamaz
instrumental *wargō *wargamiz

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Orr, Robert A. (2003) “Murk: A Neglected Slavic Loanword in Germanic?”, in Canadian Slavonic Papers[1], volume 45, number 1/2, page 49
  • Seebold, E. (2018). “Beraubung von Toten und die Acht in vor- und frühchristlicher Zeit”, in Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik, 78(4), pp. 389-414. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/18756719-12340130