Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tussōną

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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

An iterative verb from Proto-Indo-European *tus-néh₂-ti.

Pronunciation

Verb

*tussōną[1]

  1. to fray

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *tuss- against non-singular *tus-.

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *tosōn (generalized the non-singular stem)
  • Old Norse: *tossa, *tosa

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*tus(s)ōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 528