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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dwemrą

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 *dwemaną (“to smoke; fume”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdwem.rɑ̃/

Noun

*dwemrą n

  1. (West Germanic) smoke, vapour
    Synonyms: *aimaz, *raukiz, *smukô, *staumaz
  2. (West Germanic) illusion, phantom
    Synonyms: *draugaz, *gaistaz

Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *dwemrą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *dwemrą *dwemrō
vocative *dwemrą *dwemrō
accusative *dwemrą *dwemrō
genitive *dwemras, *dwimris *dwemrǫ̂
dative *dwimrai *dwemramaz
instrumental *dwemrō *dwemramiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *dwemr, *dwimr

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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