Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sumpaz

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

Compare *swammaz (sponge, fungus).[1][2] It is unclear whether both words are of Indo-European origin or wanderworts.[3]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

*sumpaz m

  1. fungus, sponge
    Synonym: *swambaz
  2. swamp, marsh
    Synonyms: *fanją, *sīką, *strōduz, *swambaz

Inflection edit

masculine a-stemDeclension of *sumpaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *sumpaz *sumpōz, *sumpōs
vocative *sump *sumpōz, *sumpōs
accusative *sumpą *sumpanz
genitive *sumpas, *sumpis *sumpǫ̂
dative *sumpai *sumpamaz
instrumental *sumpō *sumpamiz

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Proto-West Germanic: *sump
  • Old Norse: soppr

References edit

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Sumpf”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “1052”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1052
  3. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “zomp2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute