Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snuzō

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 *snuséh₂ (“daughter-in-law”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnu.zɔː/

Noun

*snuzō f

1. daughter-in-law

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *snuzō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*snuzō	*snuzôz
vocative	*snuzō	*snuzôz
accusative	*snuzǭ	*snuzōz
genitive	*snuzōz	*snuzǫ̂
dative	*snuzōi	*snuzōmaz
instrumental	*snuzō	*snuzōmiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *snuʀu
  • Old English: snoru
    • Middle English: snore
  • Old Frisian: snore
    • West Frisian: snoar
  • Old Saxon: *snura, *snora
    • Middle Low German: snare, snāre, snōre, snōr
      • ⇒ Middle Low German: snōreke, snǖreke, snorche, snoirche, snurche, snurghe
  • Old Dutch: *snura
    • Middle Dutch: snore, snoere, snare
      • Dutch: snaar, snoer
  • Old High German: snura
    • Middle High German: snuor, snur
      • Alemannic German: Schnuer
      • German: Schnur (obsolete)
      • Luxembourgish: Schnauer
      • Yiddish: שנור (shnur)
• Old Norse: snor, snør
  • Icelandic: snör
• Crimean Gothic: schuos (presumably a misspelling of *schnos)