"Nerþuz" meaning in Proto-Germanic

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈner.θuz/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], Nerþuz [nominative, singular], Nerþauz [genitive, singular]
Etymology: Unknown. Possibly a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr (“power, vitality, force”). Compare Old Irish nert (“strength”), Sanskrit सूनृत (sūnṛtá, “pleasant”) (< *Hsu-Hnr̥tás), Old English (ġe-)neorð (“contented”); for the suffix, see *-þuz. More at Njörðr, Njörun, and Nerthus. Etymology templates: {{unk|gem-pro}} Unknown, {{der|gem-pro|ine-pro|*h₂nḗr|t=power, vitality, force}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr (“power, vitality, force”), {{cog|sga|nert||strength}} Old Irish nert (“strength”), {{cog|sa|सूनृत||t=pleasant|tr=sūnṛtá}} Sanskrit सूनृत (sūnṛtá, “pleasant”), {{cog|ang|ġeneorð|(ġe-)neorð|contented}} Old English (ġe-)neorð (“contented”), {{af|gem-pro|*-þuz}} *-þuz Head templates: {{tlb|gem-pro|chiefly|North Germanic}} (chiefly North Germanic) Inflection templates: {{gem-decl-noun|nopl=1}}
  1. A Germanic god or goddess: Njord, Nerthus. Wikipedia link: Tacitus Tags: Germanic, North, feminine, masculine, reconstruction
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "Njǫrðr"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: Njǫrðr\nIcelandic: Njörður\nFaroese: Njørður\nNorwegian Nynorsk: Njord\nSwedish: Njärd, Njord\nDanish: Njørd, Njord\n→ English: Njorth, Njord",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: Njǫrðr\nIcelandic: Njörður\nFaroese: Njørður\nNorwegian Nynorsk: Njord\nSwedish: Njärd, Njord\nDanish: Njørd, Njord\n→ English: Njorth, Njord"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "Nerthus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: Nerthus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: Nerthus"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "unk"
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        "1": "sga",
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        "3": "",
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    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gem-decl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "form": "u-stem",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nerþuz",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "chiefly",
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      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Nerþuz",
  "pos": "name",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "North Proto-Germanic",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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      ],
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        "A Germanic god or goddess: Njord, Nerthus."
      ],
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          "Njord",
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        ],
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          "Nerthus"
        ]
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      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈner.θuz/"
    }
  ],
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}
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          "args": {
            "1": "non",
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          "expansion": "Old Norse: Njǫrðr\nIcelandic: Njörður\nFaroese: Njørður\nNorwegian Nynorsk: Njord\nSwedish: Njärd, Njord\nDanish: Njørd, Njord\n→ English: Njorth, Njord",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: Njǫrðr\nIcelandic: Njörður\nFaroese: Njørður\nNorwegian Nynorsk: Njord\nSwedish: Njärd, Njord\nDanish: Njørd, Njord\n→ English: Njorth, Njord"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "Nerthus",
            "bor": "1"
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    }
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    },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "t": "pleasant",
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      },
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    },
    {
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        "4": "contented"
      },
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      },
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nerþuz",
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      ]
    },
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      ]
    }
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  "pos": "name",
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
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        "Proto-Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-Germanic masculine nouns",
        "Proto-Germanic nouns with multiple genders",
        "Proto-Germanic proper nouns",
        "Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-Germanic terms suffixed with *-þuz",
        "Proto-Germanic terms with unknown etymologies",
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        "A Germanic god or goddess: Njord, Nerthus."
      ],
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        ],
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          "Nerthus",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈner.θuz/"
    }
  ],
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}

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