Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/uzdaz

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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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ud-s (up, off) > *uz (out of) + *dʰeh₁- (to set, put, place). Alternatively connected to the root *wes- (to prick) (connected to Albanian usht (thistle)).

Pronunciation

Noun

*uzdaz m

  1. sharp point
  2. place

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *uzdaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *uzdaz *uzdōz, *uzdōs
vocative *uzd *uzdōz, *uzdōs
accusative *uzdą *uzdanz
genitive *uzdas, *uzdis *uzdǫ̂
dative *uzdai *uzdamaz
instrumental *uzdō *uzdamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*uzda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Ort”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN