Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sundaz
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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
Adjectival formation related to *sanþaz (“true, correct”); compare also Hittite (ašuwant-, “good”) (𒀀𒀸𒋗𒍑 (a-aš-šu-uš)).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
*sundaz(West Germanic)
Inflection
Declension of *sundaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *sundaz | *sundai | *sundō | *sundôz | *sundą, -atō | *sundō |
| Accusative | *sundanǭ | *sundanz | *sundǭ | *sundōz | *sundą, -atō | *sundō |
| Genitive | *sundas, -is | *sundaizǫ̂ | *sundaizōz | *sundaizǫ̂ | *sundas, -is | *sundaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *sundammai | *sundaimaz | *sundaizōi | *sundaimaz | *sundammai | *sundaimaz |
| Instrumental | *sundanō | *sundaimiz | *sundaizō | *sundaimiz | *sundanō | *sundaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *sundô | *sundaniz | *sundǭ | *sundōniz | *sundô | *sundōnō |
| Accusative | *sundanų | *sundanunz | *sundōnų | *sundōnunz | *sundô | *sundōnō |
| Genitive | *sundiniz | *sundanǫ̂ | *sundōniz | *sundōnǫ̂ | *sundiniz | *sundanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *sundini | *sundammaz | *sundōni | *sundōmaz | *sundini | *sundammaz |
| Instrumental | *sundinē | *sundammiz | *sundōnē | *sundōmiz | *sundinē | *sundammiz |
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *sund
- Old English: *sund (with various prefixes)
- Old Frisian: sund
- Old Saxon: *sund
- Old Dutch: *sund
- Old High German: sunt
- Middle High German: sunt
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*sunđaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 386