Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sunjaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁s-n̥t-yós, from *h₁sónts, participial of *h₁es- (“to be”). Dentals between *-n- and *-y- regularly lost. Cognate with Sanskrit सत्य (satyá).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
*sunjaz
Inflection
Declension of *sunjaz (ja-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *sunjaz | *sunjai | *sunjō | *sunjôz | *sunją, -atō | *sunjō |
| Accusative | *sunjanǭ | *sunjanz | *sunjǭ | *sunjōz | *sunją, -atō | *sunjō |
| Genitive | *sunjas, -is | *sunjaizǫ̂ | *sunjaizōz | *sunjaizǫ̂ | *sunjas, -is | *sunjaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *sunjammai | *sunjaimaz | *sunjaizōi | *sunjaimaz | *sunjammai | *sunjaimaz |
| Instrumental | *sunjanō | *sunjaimiz | *sunjaizō | *sunjaimiz | *sunjanō | *sunjaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *sunjô | *sunjaniz | *sunjǭ | *sunjōniz | *sunjô | *sunjōnō |
| Accusative | *sunjanų | *sunjanunz | *sunjōnų | *sunjōnunz | *sunjô | *sunjōnō |
| Genitive | *suniniz | *sunjanǫ̂ | *sunjōniz | *sunjōnǫ̂ | *suniniz | *sunjanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *sunini | *sunjammaz | *sunjōni | *sunjōmaz | *sunini | *sunjammaz |
| Instrumental | *suninē | *sunjammiz | *sunjōnē | *sunjōmiz | *suninē | *sunjammiz |
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Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sunja-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 492