Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-ud-

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 edit

Etymology edit

From pre-Germanic *-ut, oblique *-ít-. The suffix is also found in Latin caput, oblique capit-, and Celtic *karuts (Old Irish caur), which is additionally cognate to the Germanic ethnonym *Harudiz, attested as Latin Harudes.

Suffix edit

*-ud- ?

  1. Forms noun stems.

Inflection edit


Derived terms edit

The suffix was originally a consonant-stem, probably masculine or neuter in origin, which showed a strong tendency towards thematicization in the daughter languages, with generalization of either the strong or weak stem.