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).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*stuþs f

  1. support, prop, post

Inflection

The oblique has the voiced Verner alternant.

consonant stemDeclension of *stuþs (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *stuþs *stuþiz
vocative *stuþ *stuþiz
accusative *stuþų *stuþunz
genitive *studiz *studǫ̂
dative *studi *studumaz
instrumental *studē *studumiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*stuþ/d-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 489