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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-ārijaz

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

Usually held to be a borrowing from Latin -ārius; at the very least, it was probably influenced and reinforced by it.

However, Gąsiorowski instead suggests that *-ārijaz is a native formation; he derives it from earlier *-azrijaz, which he etymologises as a zero-grade form of *-sōr suffixed with *-ih₂, creating a suffix *-sr-ih₂ for forming feminine agent nouns, which was then masculinised by attaching *-ós. He also suggests a relation to Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑː.ri.jɑz/

Noun

*-ārijaz m

  1. -er. Forms agent nouns from nouns.

Inflection
masculine ja-stemDeclension of *-ārijaz (masculine ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative *-ārijaz *-ārijōz, *-ārijōs
vocative *-ārī *-ārijōz, *-ārijōs
accusative *-āriją *-ārijanz
genitive *-ārijas, *-ārīs *-ārijǫ̂
dative *-ārijai *-ārijamaz
instrumental *-ārijō *-ārijamiz

Synonyms

Derived terms
Proto-Germanic terms suffixed with *-ārijaz

Descendants

This suffix was conflated with the suffixal use of the noun *warjaz in many languages, eventually causing both to be treated as one.

References
  1. Piotr Gąsiorowski (2017 November 17) “Cherchez la femme: Two Germanic suffixes, one etymology”, in Folia Linguistica Historica, volume 51, number s38, →DOI, pages 125–147
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