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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *ampr (“sour”) + *-ō. Compare *sūrā (“sorrel”), from *sūr (“sour”). Compare also the parallel formations Sanskrit अम्ल (amlá, “sour, bitter; wood sorrel”) and Latvian amuols (“yellow sorrel”), apparently from the same root with a slightly different suffix.
Noun
*amprō m
- sorrel, dock
- Synonyms: *dokkā, *sūrā
Inflection
| Masculine an-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*amprō
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| Genitive
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*amprini, *ampran
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*amprō
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*ampran
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| Accusative
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*ampran
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*ampran
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| Genitive
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*amprini, *ampran
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*ampranō
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| Dative
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*amprini, *ampran
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*amprum
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| Instrumental
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*amprini, *ampran
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*amprum
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Alternative reconstructions
Descendants
Further reading
- Guus Kroonen (2013) “*ampra/on-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 25
- Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Ampfer”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 26
