Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sūftu
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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *sūpan (“to slurp, guzzle”) + *-þu, with sense development "slurp up air" > "inhale" > "sigh".[1][2]
Noun
[edit]*sūftu m
Inflection
[edit]| u-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *sūftu | |
| Genitive | *sūftō | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *sūftu | *sūftiwi, *sūftō |
| Accusative | *sūftu | *sūftū |
| Genitive | *sūftō | *sūftiwō |
| Dative | *sūftiwi, *sūftō | *sūftum |
| Instrumental | *sūftu | *sūftum |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old Saxon: *sūft
- Middle Low German: sucht
- Old Dutch: *suft
- Old High German: *sūft
- Middle High German: sûft
References
[edit]- ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “seufzen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
- ^ Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “seufzen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 670