Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sweblaz

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown. Compare Proto-Indo-European *swelplos (whence probably Latin sulfur), from the root *swel- (to burn, smoulder) (de Vaan); Kluge instead suggests that the Germanic and Latin, while from *swelplos, are borrowed from a pre-Indo-European substrate.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

*sweblaz m

  1. sulfur

Inflection[edit]

masculine a-stemDeclension of *sweblaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *sweblaz *sweblōz, *sweblōs
vocative *swebl *sweblōz, *sweblōs
accusative *sweblą *sweblanz
genitive *sweblas, *swiblis *sweblǫ̂
dative *swiblai *sweblamaz
instrumental *sweblō *sweblamiz

Derived terms[edit]