Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/puttaz

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 *butnós or *budnós (a kind of vessel, swelled-out shape), from Proto-Indo-European *bewd- (to swell), possibly cognate to Proto-Slavic *bъdьňa (tub, cask) (if not a borrowing from Germanic). Compare also Old Armenian պոյտն (poytn, pot, earthen pot).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

*puttaz m

  1. pot, jar, tub

Inflection edit

masculine a-stemDeclension of *puttaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *puttaz *puttōz, *puttōs
vocative *putt *puttōz, *puttōs
accusative *puttą *puttanz
genitive *puttas, *puttis *puttǫ̂
dative *puttai *puttamaz
instrumental *puttō *puttamiz

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Petersson, Herbert (1916), “Beiträge zur armenischen Wortkunde”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung (in German), volume 47, issue 3/4, page 254 of 240–291