*kwerruz

Runic: ᚲᚹᛖᚱᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈkwer.ruz/

adjective · u-stem

Meanings

calm; still; quiet

Etymology

From a Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (‘to crumble, weaken’), and related to Latvian gur̃t (‘to become weak, slacken’) and Lithuanian gùrti (‘to crumble, weaken, subside’). The root *gʷerH- may be further identical to *gʷerh₂- (‘heavy’), from the same semantic tree as Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō (‘quern, millstone’), thus "to grind with a quern" > "to weaken, make lax" > "to make still, quiet".

Declension

Strong declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	kwerruz	kwirrī	kwerrų, -jatō	kwirrijai	kwirrijôz	kwirrijō
Acc.	kwirrijanǭ	kwirrijǭ	kwerrų, -jatō	kwirrijanz	kwirrijōz	kwirrijō
Gen.	kwirrijas, kwirrīs	kwirrijaizōz	kwirrijas, kwirrīs	kwirrijaizǫ̂	kwirrijaizǫ̂	kwirrijaizǫ̂
Dat.	kwirrijammai	kwirrijaizōi	kwirrijammai	kwirrijaimaz	kwirrijaimaz	kwirrijaimaz
Inst.	kwirrijanō	kwirrijaizō	kwirrijanō	kwirrijaimiz	kwirrijaimiz	kwirrijaimiz

Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	kwirrijô	kwirrijǭ	kwirrijô	kwirrijaniz	kwirrijōniz	kwirrijōnō
Acc.	kwirrijanų	kwirrijōnų	kwirrijô	kwirrijanunz	kwirrijōnunz	kwirrijōnō
Gen.	kwirrīniz	kwirrijōniz	kwirrīniz	kwirrijanǫ̂	kwirrijōnǫ̂	kwirrijanǫ̂
Dat.	kwirrīni	kwirrijōni	kwirrīni	kwirrijammaz	kwirrijōmaz	kwirrijammaz
Inst.	kwirrīnē	kwirrijōnē	kwirrīnē	kwirrijammiz	kwirrijōmiz	kwirrijammiz

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Descendants

*kwirrī (Proto-West Germanic)
- *quirri, *querri (Old High German)
  - kurre, kürre, kirre (Middle High German)
    - kirre (German)
*kwirrī (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kwerri (Old Saxon)
  - quēre, quēr (Middle Low German)
kyrr (Old Norse)
- kyrrur, kvirrur, kúrrur (Faroese)
- kyrr, kjur (Icelandic)
- kyrr, kjørr, kurr, kverr, kvar (Norwegian Nynorsk)
kyrr (Old Norse)
- querte, quarte (Middle English)
  - quart (English)
kyrr (Old Norse)
- querte, quarte (Middle English)
  - quert, quart (Scots)
    - querty (Scots)
kyrr (Old Norse)
- kwær, kwar (Old Danish)
  - kvær, kvar (Danish)
    - kvar (Norwegian Bokmål)
kyrr (Old Norse)
- qvar, qvær (Old Swedish)
  - kvar, kvär (Swedish)
kvirr (Old Norse)
- kyrrur, kvirrur, kúrrur (Faroese)
- kyrr, kjur (Icelandic)
- kyrr, kjørr, kurr, kverr, kvar (Norwegian Nynorsk)
kvirr (Old Norse)
- querte, quarte (Middle English)
  - quart (English)
kvirr (Old Norse)
- querte, quarte (Middle English)
  - quert, quart (Scots)
    - querty (Scots)
kvirr (Old Norse)
- kwær, kwar (Old Danish)
  - kvær, kvar (Danish)
    - kvar (Norwegian Bokmål)
kvirr (Old Norse)
- qvar, qvær (Old Swedish)
  - kvar, kvär (Swedish)
𐌵𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍂𐌿𐍃 (qairrus) (Gothic)

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