Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

[spanick]

*hliwjaz?

There's a dental obstruent that this answer is lacking.

/z/ is an obstruent

[qwed117]

*hliwjaz?

There's a dental obstruent that this answer is lacking.

/z/ is an obstruent

It's really postalveolar (or alveolar), since it was more like r, which it later became.

Dental obstruent had been previously defined as (*t, *þ, *d)

[Ashtăr Balynestjăr]

I think the only lemma on Wiktionary that meets all the criteria (3 syllables, starts with *hl-, contains both a diphthong and a non-intervocalic dental obstruent) is *hlaidrijō ‘ladder’.

[qwed117]

I think the only lemma on Wiktionary that meets all the criteria (3 syllables, starts with *hl-, contains both a diphthong and a non-intervocalic dental obstruent) is *hlaidrijō ‘ladder’.

Hint, the form that was used in the derivation was not the nominative form. You'll have to search a little bit deeper than just the citation form.

[Ashtăr Balynestjăr]

Was it a consonant-stem noun in PG?

[zyma]

Damn, qwed117, you don't go easy.

Was it a form of one of the nouns that have already been guessed?

[qwed117]

Was it a consonant-stem noun in PG?

I'm not quite too well informed on PG stems and what not, so I'll just go right out and say it's a u-stem

Damn, qwed117, you don't go easy.

Was it a form of one of the nouns that have already been guessed?

If that was the case, I would have okayed it shimo.

[zyma]

To be fair, how could I know how strict you've been with your s and s?

Anyway, back on topic, was it a plural form?

[qwed117]

To be fair, how could I know how strict you've been with your s and s?

Anyway, back on topic, was it a plural form?

[spanick]

*hlastuz? Presumably either genitive or dative.

[qwed117]

*hlastuz? Presumably either genitive or dative.

(To clarify, while the word itself is not correct, the right form of the correct word has been found)

[spanick]

Which leaves us with *hleftuz

[qwed117]

Which leaves us with *hleftuz

[qwed117]

I'm gonna cut out all the suspense regarding the last morpheme: it's -þuz reduplicated as a new nominal marker.

[spanick]

I'm gonna cut out all the suspense regarding the last morpheme: it's -þuz reduplicated as a new nominal marker.

I was literally seconds away from asking if that was it

[spanick]

Is the first morpheme originally a noun?

[zyma]

*hlastuz? Presumably either genitive or dative.

(To clarify, while the word itself is not correct, the right form of the correct word has been found)

Genitive, right? Or dative?

[qwed117]

*hlastuz? Presumably either genitive or dative.

(To clarify, while the word itself is not correct, the right form of the correct word has been found)

Genitive, right? Or dative?

[qwed117]

Is the first morpheme originally a noun?

[spanick]

Ok, I guess I'll ask the obvious but probably dumb question...is the first morpheme related to *sa?