Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lunaz

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlu.nɑz/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *luHnós, with a long vowel contraction in a pre-stressed position, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- (“to cut off, separate, free”).

Noun

*lunaz m[1]

  1. ransom
Inflection
Declension of *lunaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *lunaz *lunōz, *lunōs
vocative *lun *lunōz, *lunōs
accusative *luną *lunanz
genitive *lunas, *lunis *lunǫ̂
dative *lunai *lunamaz
instrumental *lunō *lunamiz
Descendants
  • Gothic: 𐌻𐌿𐌽𐍃 (luns)
  • → Proto-Finnic: *lunas
    • Finnish: lunnas (“ransom”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *lnH-, zero-grade of *lénHos (“axletree, linchpin”).

Noun

*lunaz m

  1. linchpin
Inflection
Declension of *lunaz (z-stem)
singular plural
nominative *lunaz *lunizō
vocative *lunaz *lunizō
accusative *lunaz *lunizō
genitive *luniziz *lunizǫ̂
dative *lunizi *lunizumaz
instrumental *lunizē *lunizumiz
Derived terms
  • *lunisaz
  • *lunisǭ
    • Proto-West Germanic: *lunisā
  • *luniz
    • Proto-West Germanic: *luni

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lunaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 251
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