Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ansuz

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 Proto-Indo-European *h₂émsus, from *h₂ems- (“to engender, beget”). Compare Hittite 𒈗𒍑 (ḫa-aš-šu-uš /⁠ḫaššuš⁠/, “king”), Avestan 𐬀𐬵𐬎 (ahu, “lord”), 𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬎 (aŋhu, “lord; life, existence”), Sanskrit असु (ásu, “spirit, life-force, life”), असुर (ásura, “godlike, powerful”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑn.suz/

Noun

*ansuz m

deity, god
name of the A-rune (ᚨ)

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *ansuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ansuz	*ansiwiz
vocative	*ansu	*ansiwiz
accusative	*ansų	*ansunz
genitive	*ansauz	*ansiwǫ̂
dative	*ansiwi	*ansumaz
instrumental	*ansū	*ansumiz

Derived terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *ansu
- Old English: ōs, *ās
- Old High German: ans
- Old Saxon: ās, ōs
Proto-Norse: *ᚨᛊᚢᛉ (*asuʀ)
- ⇒ Proto-Norse: ᚨᛊᚢᚷᛁᛊᚨᛚᚨᛉ (asugisalaʀ)
- Old Norse: áss
  - Icelandic: ás m
    - → Swedish: as c
      - → Finnish: aasa
    - → Danish: as c
  - Faroese: ásur m
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: ås m
  - Norwegian Bokmål: ås m
  - → Swedish: ås c (learned)
Gothic: *𐌰𐌽𐍃𐌿𐍃 (*ansus)
- → Latin: Ansis (from the plural)
Vandalic: *ans-

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ansu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 30

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ansu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 30

Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ansuz

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