Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þunraz

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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 reconstructions

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (to thunder). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *toranos (thunder), Latin tonō (to thunder), Persian تندر (tondar, thunder), Sanskrit स्तनति (stánati, to resound; to thunder; to roar), and Proto-Germanic *stenaną.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

*þunraz m

  1. thunder

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *þunraz (masculine a-stem)
singular
nominative *þunraz
vocative *þunr
accusative *þunrą
genitive *þunras, *þunris
dative *þunrai
instrumental *þunrō

See also

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Þorgeirsson, Haukur (2023 December) “The Name of Thor and the Transmission of Old Norse poetry”, in Neophilologus, volume 107, number 4, →DOI, pages 701–713
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*þunraz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 429