Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/azaniz

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 *h₁os-on-i-s (“harvest”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *esenь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.zɑ.niz/

Noun

*azaniz f

1. summer

   Synonym: *sumaraz

2. harvest, harvest time

   Synonym: *harbistaz

Inflection

Declension of *azaniz (i-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*azaniz	*azanīz
vocative	*azani	*azanīz
accusative	*azanį	*azaninz
genitive	*azanīz	*azanijǫ̂
dative	*azanī	*azanimaz
instrumental	*azanī	*azanimiz

Alternative reconstructions

• *asaniz

Derived terms

• *azanōną
• *azanōdaz
• *azanimēnōþs

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *aʀani
  • Old English: *iern
    • ⇒ Old English: ruġern (“rye-harvest, the name of a month”) (+ ryġe (“rye”))
  • Old Frisian: ern, erne, arn, arne
  • Old Saxon: *aran
    • Middle Low German: arne, arn, erne, ern
      • Dutch Low Saxon: Oorn, Aarn
      • German Low German: Arne, Arn
    • ⇒ Old Saxon: aranfīmba (“grain heap”) (+ fīma (“pile, heap”))
  • Old Dutch: *aran
    • Middle Dutch: arn, arne
  • Old High German: arn f, (aran m)
    • Middle High German: erne f, arn m
      • ⇒ Middle High German: ernde f (merged with OHG arnōt)
        • German: Ernte f
• Old Norse: ǫnn
  • Icelandic: önn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: onn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: onn
  • Old Swedish: an, and
    • Swedish: (archaic or dialectal) and, ann
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌽𐍃 (asans)
  • → Occitan: guazanh, gasanh
• →? Finnish: aarni (“treasure”), aarnio