Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stuþs

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

Likely from Pre-Germanic *stút-s, root noun from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (“prop, support”), which may be an extension of a root *stew- (“firm”). Compare Latvian stute (“prop, support”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstuθs/

Noun

*stuþs f

  1. support, prop, post

Inflection

The oblique has the voiced Verner alternant.

Declension of *stuþs (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *stuþs *stuþiz
vocative *stuþ *stuþiz
accusative *stuþų *stuþunz
genitive *studiz *studǫ̂
dative *studi *studumaz
instrumental *studē *studumiz

Derived terms

  • *stuþilaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *stuþ
    • Old English: studu, stuþu
      • Middle English: stude
    • Old High German: *stud
  • Old Norse: stoð, stuð

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*stuþ/d-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 489
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.