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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Nerþuz

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

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr (“power, vitality, force”).[1] More at Njörðr, Njörun, and Nerthus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈner.θuz/

Proper noun

*Nerþuz f or m

  1. A Germanic goddess (or God),[2] reconstructed from the Latinized form Nerthus

Inflection
u-stemDeclension of *Nerþuz (u-stem)
singular
nominative *Nerþuz
vocative *Nerþu
accusative *Nerþų
genitive *Nerþauz
dative *Nirþiwi
instrumental *Nerþū

Descendants
  • Old Norse: Njǫrðr
    • Icelandic: Njörður
    • Faroese: Njørður
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: Njord
    • Swedish: Njärd, Njord
    • Danish: Njørd, Njord
    • → English: Njorth, Njord
  • → Latin: Nerthus

References
  1. Vigfússon, Guðbrandur (1874). An Icelandic-English Dictionary: Based on the Ms. Collections of the Late Richard Cleasby
  2. North, Richard (1997). Heathen Gods in Old English Literature
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