Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kūz
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.[1] This word is alternatively reconstructed as *gʷéh₃us ~ *gʷh₃éws.[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
*kūz f
Inflection[edit]
The exact inflection of this word is uncertain, but likely alternated between the stems *kū- and *kwō-. The former might have originated from an earlier *kwōu- in which the long vowel was assimilated to the adjacent labials or from an analogy with *sūz (“sow”).[1]
consonant stemDeclension of *kūz (consonant stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *kūz | *kwōiz | |
vocative | *kū | *kwōiz | |
accusative | *kwǭ | *kwōnz | |
genitive | *kwōiz | *kwōǫ̂ | |
dative | *kwōi | *kwōmaz | |
instrumental | *kwōē | *kwōmiz |
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *kū
- Proto-Norse:
- → Proto-Samic: *kusë
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 189, 193
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “PGm. *kō- ~ *kū- f. ‘cow’”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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