Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-assuz

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 earlier *-at-tuz, reanalyzed from *-at-janą +‎ *-tuz.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑs.suz/

Noun

*-assuz m^[2]^[3]

-ness. Forms abstract nouns from verbs.

Inflection

Declension of *-assuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*-assuz	*-assiwiz
vocative	*-assu	*-assiwiz
accusative	*-assų	*-assunz
genitive	*-assauz	*-assiwǫ̂
dative	*-assiwi	*-assumaz
instrumental	*-assū	*-assumiz

Derived terms

*-inassuz

Descendants

Gothic: -𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌿𐍃 (-assus)

References

^ Boutkan, Dirk; Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005), “-nese”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 281
^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 131-132
^ Agee, Joshua (2018), A Glottometric Subgrouping of the Early Germanic (PhD thesis)‎^[1], →DOI

[1] Boutkan, Dirk; Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005), “-nese”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 281

[2] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 131-132

[3] Agee, Joshua (2018), A Glottometric Subgrouping of the Early Germanic (PhD thesis)‎^[1], →DOI

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