Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snūtaz

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

  • *snūtǭ (possibly)

Etymology

According to Watkins (supported by Orel), of imitative origin and related to *snuttuz (“snot, mucus”).[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsnuː.tɑz/

Noun

*snūtaz m

  1. (West Germanic) snout

Inflection

Declension of *snūtaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *snūtaz *snūtōz, *snūtōs
vocative *snūt *snūtōz, *snūtōs
accusative *snūtą *snūtanz
genitive *snūtas, *snūtis *snūtǫ̂
dative *snūtai *snūtamaz
instrumental *snūtō *snūtamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *snūt
    • Old Frisian: *snūt
      • Saterland Frisian: Snuute
      • West Frisian: snút
    • Old Saxon: *snūt
    • Old Dutch: *snūt
    • Old High German: *snūz
      • Middle High German: *snuze

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*snūtaz ~ *snūtō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 360
  2. ^ Watkins, Calvert, ed., The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, 2nd ed., Houghton Mifflin Co., 2000.
  3. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “snout”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  4. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
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