Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/upp
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
The form is from either *ub + a nasal suffix representing an earlier *up-nó, related to *uppai (earlier *up-nóy) and *ubanē; or by analogy with *uppai.[1]
Pronunciation
Adverb
*upp
Related terms
Descendants
Gothic shows leveling with full-grade *eup-.
- Old English: ūp, upp
- Old Frisian: uppa, oppa, up, op
- Old Saxon: ūp
- Old Dutch: ūp
- Old High German: ūf
- Old Norse: upp
- Gothic: 𐌹𐌿𐍀 (iup)
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN