Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þusiþaz

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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

Etymology

The past participle of a lost verb, *þusjaną (to be calm), from Proto-Indo-European *tews- (to be happy). Cognate with Sanskrit तुष्यति (túṣyati, to be satisfied, to become calm).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

*þusiþaz[1]

  1. silent

Inflection


Descendants

  • Old Norse: þystr

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*þusiþa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 554