Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sturnāną

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

Kroonen suggests that this verb could be nasal infix present to Proto-Indo-European *sterh₁- (to be stiff).[2] The infix caused a consonant alternation in the root, the singular *str-néh₁-ti would result in a root with *sturr-. Whereas the plural *str-nh₁-énti would result in a root with *sturn-.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈstur.nɑː.nɑ̃/

Verb edit

*sturnāną[2]

  1. to be stiff, be rigid
  2. to stand out
  3. to stare

Inflection edit

The paradigm consisted of two stem variants, *sturr- against *sturn-.

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Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*sturrēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 384
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sturnēn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 488