Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/upanaz

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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

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Etymology

Seemingly the past participle of a verb *eupaną, *ūpaną, though no other evidence of such a verb exists. Related to *upp (up) and thus originally meaning "lying on top" > "clear, open".

Pronunciation

Adjective

*upanaz

  1. open

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Heidermanns, Frank (1993) “upana-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica; 33) (in German), Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 639f