Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/uzdaz

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ud-s (“out”) (> *uz (“out”)) + *dʰeh₁- (“to set, put, place”). Alternatively connected to the root *wes- (“to prick”) (connected to Albanian usht (“thistle”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuz.dɑz/

Noun

*uzdaz m

1. sharp point
2. place

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *uzdaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*uzdaz	*uzdōz, *uzdōs
vocative	*uzd	*uzdōz, *uzdōs
accusative	*uzdą	*uzdanz
genitive	*uzdas, *uzdis	*uzdǫ̂
dative	*uzdai	*uzdamaz
instrumental	*uzdō	*uzdamiz

Descendants

• Old English: ord
  • Middle English: ord
    • English: ord, orde
    • Scots: ord
• Old Frisian: ord
  • North Frisian: od
  • West Frisian: oerd, oarde
• Old Saxon: ord
  • Middle Low German: ort
    • German Low German: Oort
    • → Swedish: ort
• Frankish: *ord
  • Old Dutch: ort
    • Middle Dutch: ort, oort
      • Dutch: oord
  • → Old French: ordé, urdee
    • → Middle English: urde, urdy
      • English: urdé, urdy
• Old High German: ort
  • Middle High German: ort
    • Bavarian: Oat
    • German: Ort
    • Luxembourgish: Uert
    • Yiddish: אָרט (ort)
• Old Norse: oddr
  • Icelandic: oddur
  • Faroese: oddur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: odd, odde
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: odd, odde
  • Old Swedish: udder, odder
    • Swedish: udd, udde
  • Danish: od, odde
  • → Middle English: od, odde
    • Scots: odd, od, ode
    • English: odd