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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *arnijaz</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_arnijaz</idno>
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            <title level="m">Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica 33)</title>
            <author>
              <forename>Frank</forename>
              <surname>Heidermanns</surname>
            </author>
            <imprint>
              <publisher>Walter de Gruyter</publisher>
              <date>1993</date>
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          <monogr>
            <title level="m">Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)</title>
            <author>
              <forename>Guus</forename>
              <surname>Kroonen</surname>
            </author>
            <imprint>
              <publisher>Brill</publisher>
              <date>2013</date>
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          <monogr>
            <title level="m">Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben</title>
            <author>
              <forename>Helmut</forename>
              <surname>Rix</surname>
            </author>
            <author>
              <forename>Martin</forename>
              <surname>Kümmel</surname>
            </author>
            <author>
              <forename>Thomas</forename>
              <surname>Zehnder</surname>
            </author>
            <author>
              <forename>Reiner</forename>
              <surname>Lipp</surname>
            </author>
            <author>
              <forename>Brigitte</forename>
              <surname>Schirmer</surname>
            </author>
            <imprint>
              <pubPlace>Wiesbaden</pubPlace>
              <publisher>Reichert</publisher>
              <date>2001</date>
            </imprint>
          </monogr>
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          <monogr>
            <title level="m">Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen II</title>
            <author>
              <forename>Albert L.</forename>
              <surname>Lloyd</surname>
            </author>
            <author>
              <forename>Rosemarie</forename>
              <surname>Lühr</surname>
            </author>
            <author>
              <forename>Otto</forename>
              <surname>Springer</surname>
            </author>
            <imprint>
              <publisher>Vandenhoeck &amp; Ruprecht</publisher>
              <date>1998</date>
              <note type="url">https://ewa.saw-leipzig.de/de</note>
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        <item xml:id="cog_ave_ar_nu" xml:lang="ave" type="cognate">
          <orth>𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬎</orth>
          <form type="translit">
            <orth>arənu-</orth>
          </form>
          <def>battle</def>
        </item>
        <item xml:id="cog_grc_ornumi" xml:lang="grc" type="cognate">
          <orth>ὄρνῡμῐ</orth>
          <form type="translit">
            <orth>órnūmĭ</orth>
          </form>
          <def>to set into motion</def>
        </item>
        <item xml:id="cog_ine-x-proto_h3er" xml:lang="ine-x-proto" type="etymon">
          <orth>*h₃er-</orth>
          <def>to move, stir;  to rise, spring</def>
        </item>
        <item xml:id="cog_san_arna" xml:lang="san" type="cognate">
          <orth>अर्ण</orth>
          <form type="translit">
            <orth>árṇa-</orth>
          </form>
          <def>undulating, surging</def>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_arnijaz" type="adj" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/arnijaz">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>arnijaz</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈɑr.ni.jɑz</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᚨᚱᚾᛁᛃᚨᛉ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>adj</pos>
            <gram type="stem">ja-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>serious; vigorous, capable; secure, certain</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">Of uncertain origin. Probably related to Proto-Indo-European <mentioned xml:lang="" target="#cog_ine-x-proto_h3er"><ref target="#cog_ine-x-proto_h3er">*h₃er-</ref></mentioned>, perhaps through a nasal derivative; compare Avestan <mentioned xml:lang="" target="#cog_ave_ar_nu"><ref target="#cog_ave_ar_nu">𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬎</ref></mentioned>, Sanskrit <mentioned xml:lang="" target="#cog_san_arna"><ref target="#cog_san_arna">अर्ण</ref></mentioned>, and Ancient Greek <mentioned xml:lang="" target="#cog_grc_ornumi"><ref target="#cog_grc_ornumi">ὄρνῡμῐ</ref></mentioned>. The related Germanic abstract <mentioned xml:lang="" target="#pgmc_ernustuz"><ref target="#pgmc_ernustuz">*ernustuz</ref></mentioned> shows *<mentioned xml:lang="gmw-x-proto">e </mentioned>rather than <mentioned xml:lang="gmw-x-proto">*a</mentioned>; this has been explained as secondary Germanic ablaut, but the formal relationship remains uncertain <bibl corresp="#heidermanns1993" n="105">Heidermanns 1993: 105</bibl> <bibl corresp="#kroonen2013" n="35">Kroonen 2013: 35</bibl> <bibl corresp="#albert_l_lloyd1998" n="s.v. ernust">Lloyd et al. 1998: s.v. ernust</bibl> <bibl corresp="#rix2001" n="s.v. h₃er-">Rix et al. 2001: s.v. h₃er-</bibl>.</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>arnijaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>arnijō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>arniją, -atō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>arnijai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>arnijôz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>arnijō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>arnijanǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>arnijǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>arniją, -atō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>arnijanz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>arnijōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>arnijō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>arnijas, arnīs</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>arnijaizōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>arnijas, arnīs</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>arnijaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>arnijaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>arnijaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>arnijammai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>arnijaizōi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>arnijammai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>arnijaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>arnijaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>arnijaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>arnijanō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>arnijaizō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>arnijanō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>arnijaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>arnijaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>arnijaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc #weak">
              <orth>arnijô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem #weak">
              <orth>arnijǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut #weak">
              <orth>arnijô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc #weak">
              <orth>arnijaniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem #weak">
              <orth>arnijōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut #weak">
              <orth>arnijōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc #weak">
              <orth>arnijanų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem #weak">
              <orth>arnijōnų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut #weak">
              <orth>arnijô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc #weak">
              <orth>arnijanunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem #weak">
              <orth>arnijōnunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut #weak">
              <orth>arnijōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc #weak">
              <orth>arnīniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem #weak">
              <orth>arnijōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut #weak">
              <orth>arnīniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc #weak">
              <orth>arnijanǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem #weak">
              <orth>arnijōnǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut #weak">
              <orth>arnijanǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc #weak">
              <orth>arnīni</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem #weak">
              <orth>arnijōni</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut #weak">
              <orth>arnīni</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc #weak">
              <orth>arnijammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem #weak">
              <orth>arnijōmaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut #weak">
              <orth>arnijammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc #weak">
              <orth>arnīnē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem #weak">
              <orth>arnijōnē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut #weak">
              <orth>arnīnē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc #weak">
              <orth>arnijammiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem #weak">
              <orth>arnijōmiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut #weak">
              <orth>arnijammiz</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
          <re type="descendants">
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>ern</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>ern</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐌱𐌰 (arniba)</orth>
                </form>
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