Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/azaniz

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 reconstructions

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁os-on-i-s (harvest).[2] Cognate with Proto-Slavic *esenь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.zɑ.niz/

Noun

*azaniz f[2][1]

  1. summer
    Synonym: *sumaraz
  2. harvest, harvest time
    Synonym: *harbistaz

Inflection

Declension of *azaniz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *azaniz *azanīz
vocative *azani *azanīz
accusative *azanį *azaninz
genitive *azanīz *azanijǫ̂
dative *azanī *azanimaz
instrumental *azanī *azanimiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *aʀani
    • Old English: *iern
      • Old English: ruġern (rye-harvest, the name of a month) (+ ryġe (rye))
    • Old Frisian: ern, erne, arn, arne
    • Old Saxon: *aran
      • Middle Low German: arne, arn, erne, ern
        • Dutch Low Saxon: Oorn, Aarn
        • German Low German: Arne, Arn
      • Old Saxon: aranfīmba (grain heap) (+ fīma (pile, heap))
    • Old Dutch: *aran
    • Old High German: arn f, (aran m)
      • Middle High German: erne f, arn m
        • Middle High German: ernde f (merged with OHG arnōt)
  • Old Norse: ǫnn
    • Icelandic: önn
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: onn
    • Norwegian Bokmål: onn
    • Old Swedish: an, and
      • Swedish: (archaic or dialectal) and, ann
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌽𐍃 (asans)
  • ? Finnish: aarni (treasure), aarnio

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*az(a)niz ~ *asaniz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 31
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*azani-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 46