Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sniumijaz

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

Etymology

Adjectival formation related to *snewaną (“to rush”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsniu̯.mi.jɑz/

Adjective

*sniumijaz^[1]

hasty, fast

Inflection

Declension of *sniumijaz (ja-stem)
Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*sniumijaz	*sniumijō	sniumiją, -at(ō)	*sniumijai	*sniumijôz	*sniumijō
accusative	*sniumijanǭ	*sniumijǭ	sniumiją, -at(ō)	*sniumijanz	*sniumijōz	*sniumijō
genitive	sniumijas, sniumīs	*sniumijaizōz	sniumijas, sniumīs	*sniumijaizǫ̂	*sniumijaizǫ̂	*sniumijaizǫ̂
dative	*sniumijammai	*sniumijaizōi	*sniumijammai	*sniumijaimaz	*sniumijaimaz	*sniumijaimaz
instrumental	*sniumijanō	*sniumijaizō	*sniumijanō	*sniumijaimiz	*sniumijaimiz	*sniumijaimiz

Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*sniumijô	*sniumijǭ	*sniumijô	*sniumijaniz	*sniumijōniz	*sniumijōnō
accusative	*sniumijanų	*sniumijōnų	*sniumijô	*sniumijanunz	*sniumijōnunz	*sniumijōnō
genitive	*sniumīniz	*sniumijōniz	*sniumīniz	*sniumijanǫ̂	*sniumijōnǫ̂	*sniumijanǫ̂
dative	*sniumīni	*sniumijōni	*sniumīni	*sniumijammaz	*sniumijōmaz	*sniumijammaz
instrumental	*sniumīnē	*sniumijōnē	*sniumīnē	*sniumijammiz	*sniumijōmiz	*sniumijammiz

Derived terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *sniumī
- Old Saxon: sniumi
  - Middle Low German: snouw, snaw
- Old High German: sniumi
Old Norse: snemmr, snimmr
- Icelandic: snemmur
Gothic: *𐍃𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌼𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*sniumeis)
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐍃𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍉 (sniumundō)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*sneumaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 357

[HGE-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*sneumaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 357

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