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Several descendants are from a variant {{m|gmw-pro|*finistr}}, in which the dental and labial articulations switched their positions.
Several descendants are from a variant {{m|gmw-pro|*finistr}}, in which the dental and labial articulations switched their positions.


* {{desc|osx|finistar}}
* {{desc|osx|finistar}}, {{l|osx|*thinstar}}
** {{desc|gml|dûnster|unc=1}} {{q|possibly conflated with unattested {{l|gml||*dûster}} < {{l|gmw-pro|*þiustrī}}}}
* {{desc|odt|odt|thimster}}, {{l|odt|finistre}}
* {{desc|odt|odt|thimster}}, {{l|odt|finistre}}
** {{desc|dum|deemster}}
** {{desc|dum|deemster}}

Revision as of 18:54, 6 October 2020

 This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Alternative forms

Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *þimstraz, from Proto-Indo-European *témH-s-ro-s, from *temH- (“dark”). Cognate with Sanskrit तमिस्र (tamisra, “dark”), Latin tenebrae (“darkness”), Lithuanian tamsa (“darkness”). Perhaps related to *þiustrī (“dark, gloomy”).[1]

Adjective

*þimstr

  1. dark, dusky

Inflection

a-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *þimstr
Genitive *þimstras
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *þimstr *þimstru *þimstr
Accusative *þimstranā *þimstrā *þimstr
Genitive *þimstras *þimstreʀā *þimstras
Dative *þimstrumē *þimstreʀē *þimstrumē
Instrumental *þimstru *þimstreʀu *þimstru
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *þimstrē *þimstrō *þimstru
Accusative *þimstrā *þimstrā *þimstru
Genitive *þimstreʀō *þimstreʀō *þimstreʀō
Dative *þimstrēm, *þimstrum *þimstrēm, *þimstrum *þimstrēm, *þimstrum
Instrumental *þimstrēm, *þimstrum *þimstrēm, *þimstrum *þimstrēm, *þimstrum

Descendants

Several descendants are from a variant *finistr, in which the dental and labial articulations switched their positions.

Further reading

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

References

  1. ^ Gąsiorowski, Piotr (2012) “The Germanic reflexes of PIE *-sr- in the context of Verner's Law”, in The Sound of Indo-European: Phonetics, Phonemics, and Morphophonemics‎[1], Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, →DOI, →ISSN
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