Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/anadz

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

Alternative reconstructions edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts (duck). Cognate with Latin anas (duck, drake), Lithuanian ántis (duck, mallard), and Proto-Slavic *ǫty (duck).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

*anadz f[4]

  1. duck

Inflection edit

consonant stemDeclension of *anadz (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *anadz *anadiz
vocative *anad *anadiz
accusative *anadų *anadunz
genitive *anadiz *anadǫ̂
dative *anadi *anadumaz
instrumental *anadē *anadumiz

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ringe, D. (2017). From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic Vol 1. 2nd ed. Oxford: OUP. Pp. 98
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “41-2”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 41-2
  3. ^ Bennett. W.H. (1978). 'The Germanic reflex of Indo-European /ǝ/ in originally medial syllables', in Jazayery, M.A., Polomé, E., and Winter. W. (edd.), Linguistic and literary studies in honor of Archibald A. Hill. III: Historical and comparative linguistics (The Hague: Mouton) 13-8.
  4. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*anad-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 26