< Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic

Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wīnafatą

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 *wīną (“wine”) +‎ *fatą (“vessel”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwiː.nɑ.ˌɸɑ.tɑ̃/

Noun

*wīnafatą n[1]

  1. a vessel for containing wine; wine-cask, wine-jug

Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *wīnafatą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wīnafatą *wīnafatō
vocative *wīnafatą *wīnafatō
accusative *wīnafatą *wīnafatō
genitive *wīnafatas, *wīnafatis *wīnafatǫ̂
dative *wīnafatai *wīnafatamaz
instrumental *wīnafatō *wīnafatamiz

Descendants
  • Old English: wīnfæt
  • Old Saxon: *wīnfat
    • Middle Low German: wīnfat
  • Old High German: wīnfaz
    • Middle High German: wīnvaz
  • Old Norse: vínfat

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wīna-fatan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 467
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.