Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/asjǭ

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Proto-Germanic

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Etymology

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Noun

*asjǭ f[1]

  1. soapstone

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *asjǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *asjǭ *asjōniz
vocative *asjǭ *asjōniz
accusative *asjōnų *asjōnunz
genitive *asjōniz *asjōnǫ̂
dative *asjōni *asjōmaz
instrumental *asjōnē *asjōmiz

Descendants

  • Old High German: essa (“forge, melting-oven”)
    • Middle High German: esse
      • German: Esse (“chimney”) (regional)
  • Old Norse: esja
  • → Proto-Samic: *āšō (see there for further descendants)
  • → Proto-Finnic: *ahjo (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*asjōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 38
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