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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *snaiwahwītaz</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_snaiwahwītaz</idno>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_snaiwahwitaz" type="adj" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snaiwahwītaz">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>snaiwahwītaz</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈsnɑi̯.wɑ.ˌxʷiː.tɑz</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛊᚾᚨᛁᚹᚨᚺᚹᛁᛏᚨᛉ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>adj</pos>
            <gram type="stem">a-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>snow-white</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From *snaiwaz + *hwītaz.</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītą, -atō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītôz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītanǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītą, -atō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītanz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītas, -is</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītaizōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītas, -is</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītammai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītaizōi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītammai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītanō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītaizō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītanō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>snaiwahwītaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītaniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītanų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītōnų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītanunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītōnunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītiniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītiniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītanǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītōnǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītanǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītini</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītōni</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītini</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītōmaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītinē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītōnē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītinē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītammiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītōmiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut #weak">
              <orth>snaiwahwītammiz</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
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                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old English</lang>
                  <orth>snāwhwīt</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle English</lang>
                    <orth>snow whit, snawhwit, snouwite, snouwhite</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>English</lang>
                      <orth>snow-white</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                  <orth>*snēwīt</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                    <orth>snêwit</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                  <orth>*snēwīt</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>sneewit</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>sneeuwwit</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Afrikaans</lang>
                        <orth>sneeuwit</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old High German</lang>
                  <orth>*snēwīz</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                    <orth>snēwīz</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>German</lang>
                      <orth>schneeweiß</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>snæhvítr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>snæhvítur, snjóhvítur, snjáhvítur</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
            </list>
          </re>
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