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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ūdarą

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

Alternative forms

  • *eudarą

Etymology

Thematicized variant of Proto-Indo-European *h₁ówHdʰr̥ (udder). Cognate with Latin ūber.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuː.ðɑ.rɑ̃/

Noun

*ūdarą n

  1. udder
  2. breast

Inflection

According to Kroonen, this term was a heteroclitic and amphikinetic r/n-stem akin to *watōr. *watōr retained its r/n alternation while discarding its amphikinetic root vowel alternation, while this term did the opposite — it retained amphikinetic root vowel status but lost its r/n alternation. However, Kroonen reconstructs a proterokinetic neuter athematic ending for the nominative singular, resulting in nominative singular *eudur and an oblique stem *ūdr-.

neuter a-stemDeclension of *ūdarą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *ūdarą *ūdarō
vocative *ūdarą *ūdarō
accusative *ūdarą *ūdarō
genitive *ūdaras, *ūdaris *ūdarǫ̂
dative *ūdarai *ūdaramaz
instrumental *ūdarō *ūdaramiz

Descendants

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