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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/snot(t)r

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *snutraz.

Adjective

*snot(t)r[1]

  1. wise

Inflection
a-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *snot(t)r
Genitive *snot(t)ras
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *snot(t)r *snot(t)ru *snot(t)r
Accusative *snot(t)ranā *snot(t)rā *snot(t)r
Genitive *snot(t)ras *snot(t)reʀā *snot(t)ras
Dative *snot(t)rumē *snot(t)reʀē *snot(t)rumē
Instrumental *snot(t)ru *snot(t)reʀu *snot(t)ru
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *snot(t)rē *snot(t)rō *snot(t)ru
Accusative *snot(t)rā *snot(t)rā *snot(t)ru
Genitive *snot(t)reʀō *snot(t)reʀō *snot(t)reʀō
Dative *snot(t)rēm, *snot(t)rum *snot(t)rēm, *snot(t)rum *snot(t)rēm, *snot(t)rum
Instrumental *snot(t)rēm, *snot(t)rum *snot(t)rēm, *snot(t)rum *snot(t)rēm, *snot(t)rum

Descendants
  • Old English: snotor, snottor, snoter
  • ⇒? Saterland Frisian: snotterch (“brilliant, super-smart”)
  • Old High German: snottar, snotar

References
  1. Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 54: “PWGmc *snotr, *snottra-”
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