Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/asunz

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *os(e)n- (“summer, harvest-time, harvest”).

Noun

*asunz m

  1. hireling, day laborer

Inflection

The nominative and vocative singular continue zero-grade *-n̥-, likely from the oblique stem of an old heteroclitic noun.

Declension of *asunz (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *asunz *asniz
vocative *asų *asniz
accusative *asnų *asnunz
genitive *asniz *asnǫ̂
dative *asni *asnumaz
instrumental *asnē *asnumiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *asnī
    • Old English: esne
    • Old Saxon: *asni
      • Middle Low German: asne, asnen
    • Old High German: asni
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐍃𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 (asneis)
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