Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kumþiz

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 Proto-Indo-European *gʷém-ti-s ~ *gʷm̥-téy-s. Equivalent to *kwemaną (“to come”) +‎ *-þiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkum.θiz/

Noun

*kumþiz f

1. coming, arrival

Inflection

The oblique has the voiced Verner alternant (with regular assimilation *md > *nd).

i-stemDeclension of *kumþiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kumþiz	*kumþīz
vocative	*kumþi	*kumþīz
accusative	*kumþį	*kumþīnz
genitive	*kundīz	*kundijǫ̂
dative	*kundī	*kundimaz
instrumental	*kundī	*kundimiz

Descendants

• Old Dutch: cumst
  • Middle Dutch: comst
    • Dutch: komst
• Old High German: -kumft (found in compounds, framkumft)
  • Middle High German: -kunft
    • German: -kunft
• (Old Norse: *kund) (found in compounds, samkund < *kumdō/*kumdiz, showing Verner alternation)
  • Icelandic: -kund, -kunda
• Gothic: *𐌵𐌿𐌼𐌸𐍃 (*qumþs), 𐌲𐌰𐌵𐌿𐌼𐌸𐍃 (gaqumþs) (with -q- restored under influence of 𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (qiman))

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN