Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sūz

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 *suH- (“pig, hog, swine”). See there for cognates.^[1]

Noun

*sūz f

sow (female pig)
pig, swine

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *sūz (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sūz	*suwiz
vocative	*sū	*suwiz
accusative	*suwų	*suwunz
genitive	*suwiz	*sūǫ̂
dative	*suwi	*suwumaz
instrumental	*sūē	*suwumiz

Related terms

*sugō
- Proto-West Germanic: *sugu

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *sū
- Old English: sū
- Old Saxon: sū
- Old High German: sū
  - Middle High German: sū
    - Alemannic German: Suu, Sou, Sau
    - Central Franconian: Sau, Sou (spelling variant, chiefly used for Moselle Franconian dialects)
      Hunsrik: Sau
    - German: Sau
    - Luxembourgish: Sau
    - Rhine Franconian:
      Pennsylvania German: Sau
    - Vilamovian: zaoj
Old Norse:
- Old West Norse: sýr
  - Icelandic: sýr
  - Faroese: súgv
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: su
- Old East Norse: *sōʀ
  - Old Swedish: sō
    - Swedish: so
  - Danish: so

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sū- ~ *suw”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 490

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sū- ~ *suw”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 490

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