Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-wari - Wiktionary, the free dictionary


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From Proto-Germanic *warjaz.

*-wari m

  1. dweller, inhabitant, citizen
Masculine ja-stem
Singular
Nominative *-wari
Genitive *-warjas
Singular Plural
Nominative *-wari *-warjō, *-warjōs
Accusative *-wari *-warjā
Genitive *-warjas *-warjō
Dative *-warjē *-warjum
Instrumental *-warju *-warjum

The suffix was conflated with *-ārī in many languages, eventually causing both to be treated as one.