๐ณ๐น๐-
Gothic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *twiz-, and doublet of ๐๐ ๐น๐- (twis-). Since the form lacks the expected effects of Grimm's law, it has often been conjectured to have been borrowed from or influenced by Latin dis-; however it doesn't normally appear appended to roots borrowed from Latin, but instead shows correspondences with other Germanic terms prefixed with *twiz-.[1] The voiced onset can thus be explained as irregular lenition due to the unstressed syllable. The exact details, however, are unclear. Cognate to German zer-.
Prefix
edit- apart, asunder, dis-
- โ๐ณ๐น๐- (dis-) + โ๐ ๐น๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ฝ (wilwan, โto plunder, robโ) โ โ๐ณ๐น๐๐ ๐น๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ฝ (diswilwan, โto plunder completely, spoilโ),
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) โzer-โ, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wรถrterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, โISBN