Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þunguz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *téngʰ-u-s ~ *tn̥gʰ-éw-s (“heavy; to pull back”), cognate with Lithuanian tingùs (“heavy”), Old Church Slavonic тѧжькъ (tęžĭkŭ, “idem”).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
*þunguz (comparative *þungizô, superlative *þungistaz)
Inflection
Declension of *þunguz (u-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *þunguz | *þungijai | *þungī | *þungijôz | *þungų, *-jatō | *þungijō |
| accusative | *þungijanǭ | *þungijanz | *þungijǭ | *þungijōz | *þungų, *-jatō | *þungijō |
| genitive | *þungijas, *þungīs | *þungijaizǫ̂ | *þungijaizōz | *þungijaizǫ̂ | *þungijas, *þungīs | *þungijaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *þungijammai | *þungijaimaz | *þungijaizōi | *þungijaimaz | *þungijammai | *þungijaimaz |
| instrumental | *þungijanō | *þungijaimiz | *þungijaizō | *þungijaimiz | *þungijanō | *þungijaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *þungijô | *þungijaniz | *þungijǭ | *þungijōniz | *þungijô | *þungijōnō |
| accusative | *þungijanų | *þungijanunz | *þungijōnų | *þungijōnunz | *þungijô | *þungijōnō |
| genitive | *þungīniz | *þungijanǫ̂ | *þungijōniz | *þungijōnǫ̂ | *þungīniz | *þungijanǫ̂ |
| dative | *þungīni | *þungijammaz | *þungijōni | *þungijōmaz | *þungīni | *þungijammaz |
| instrumental | *þungīnē | *þungijammiz | *þungijōnē | *þungijōmiz | *þungīnē | *þungijammiz |
Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*þungu-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 551