Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Andaswaruz

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

Meaning “one who answers”, based on *andaswarō and related terms.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑn.dɑˌswɑ.rɑz/

Proper noun

*Andaswaruz m

a male given name

Inflection

Declension of *Andaswaruz (u-stem)
	singular
nominative	*Andaswaruz
vocative	*Andaswaru
accusative	*Andaswarų
genitive	*Andaswarauz
dative	*Andaswariwi
instrumental	*Andaswarū

Descendants

Proto-Norse: *Andswaruʀ^[1]
- Old Norse: Ǫzurr, ᚭᚾᛐᛋᚢᛅᚱ (ąntsuar), Andsvarr, Ansurr, Azurr
  - Icelandic: Össur, Özur
  - Faroese: Øssur, Øksur
  - Old Norwegian: Ozor, Øzor
    - Norwegian: Assar, Asser
  - Old Swedish: Ansvar, Azur, Azar, Assur
    - Swedish: Assar
  - Old Danish: Azur, Aswar
    - Danish: Adser, Asser
Gothic or Suevic:
- → Late Latin: Ansuarius
  - Galician: Ansoar, Ansar

References

^ Peterson, Lena (2007), Story, Joanna, editor, Nordiskt runnamnslexikon. Femte, reviderade utgåvan. (Dictionary of proper names in Scandinavian Viking Age runic inscriptions (Studies in Early Medieval Britian)‎^[1] (in Swedish), 5th edition, Uppsala: Institutet för språk och folkminnen, →ISBN, page An(d)svarr/Ansurr/Assurr/Ǫssurr: “22”

Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “Össur”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
Piel, Joseph M.; Kremer, Dieter (1976), Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch, Heidelberg: Carl Winter - Universitätsverlag, →ISBN, p. 76.

[1] Peterson, Lena (2007), Story, Joanna, editor, Nordiskt runnamnslexikon. Femte, reviderade utgåvan. (Dictionary of proper names in Scandinavian Viking Age runic inscriptions (Studies in Early Medieval Britian)‎^[1] (in Swedish), 5th edition, Uppsala: Institutet för språk och folkminnen, →ISBN, page An(d)svarr/Ansurr/Assurr/Ǫssurr: “22”

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