Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/uppai

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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

From *ub + *-nai, a locative suffix, with assimilation due to Kluge's Law.[1]

Pronunciation

Adverb

*uppai

  1. up, above, on high

Descendants

The Gothic form shows leveling with a full-grade form *eup-.

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN
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