Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stuþs
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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
Likely from Pre-Germanic *stút-s, root noun from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (“prop, support”), which may be an extension of a root *stew- (“firm”). Compare Latvian stute (“prop, support”).
Pronunciation
Noun
*stuþs f
Inflection
The oblique has the voiced Verner alternant.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | *stuþs | *stuþiz |
| vocative | *stuþ | *stuþiz |
| accusative | *stuþų | *stuþunz |
| genitive | *studiz | *studǫ̂ |
| dative | *studi | *studumaz |
| instrumental | *studē | *studumiz |
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References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*stuþ/d-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 489