Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stamniz

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

From pre-Germanic *sth₂-mn-ís, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂mn̥ (“that which stands”)^[1] (compare *stōmô (“stature”)), deverbal noun from the root *steh₂- (“to stand, stay”) (whence *stāną).

Noun

*stamniz m^[1]

stem, tree stalk

Inflection

Declension of *stamniz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*stamniz	*stamnīz
vocative	*stamni	*stamnīz
accusative	*stamnį	*stamninz
genitive	*stamnīz	*stamnijǫ̂
dative	*stamnī	*stamnimaz
instrumental	*stamnī	*stamnimiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *stamni
- Old English: stemn, stefn
  - Middle English: stem, stemme, stempne, stevin
    - English: stem
- Old Frisian: stevene
- Old Saxon: stamn
  - Middle Low German: stam, stamme
    - German Low German: Stamm
    - → Saterland Frisian: Stam
- Old Dutch: *stam
  - Middle Dutch: stam
    - Dutch: stam
      - Afrikaans: stam
      - → West Frisian: stam
- Old High German: stam
  - Middle High German: stam
    - German: Stamm
    - Luxembourgish: Stamm
Old Norse: stafn
- Icelandic: stafn
- Faroese: stavnur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: stamn
- Old Danish: stafn
  - Danish: stavn
    - → Norwegian Bokmål: stavn
- Old Swedish: stafn, stamn

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*stamnaz ~ *stamniz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 371

[HGE-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*stamnaz ~ *stamniz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 371

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