Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/grunduz
Proto-Germanic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom pre-Germanic *gʰrm̥tús, a tu-stem derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem-.[1] Kroonen connects Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰarmyám (“permanent building”), which would imply the root to be *ǵʰrem- ~ *ǵʰerm-. Less likely related to Lithuanian pã-grindas (“lake bottom”, literally “under-floorboard”) (pace Orel[2]), for which see *grindiz (“fence made of bars”), Proto-Indo-European *gʰrendʰ- (“beam, plank”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*grunduz m
Inflection
editThis term contained Verner's law consonant alternation between its nominative and oblique stems.
u-stemDeclension of *grumþuz (u-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *grumþuz | *grumþiwiz | |
vocative | *grumþu | *grumþiwiz | |
accusative | *grumþų | *grumþunz | |
genitive | *grundauz | *grundiwǫ̂ | |
dative | *grundiwi | *grundumaz | |
instrumental | *grundū | *grundumiz |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *grundu
- Old Norse: *grundr, grunnr
- Gothic: *𐌲𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (*grundus) (in 𐌲𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌿𐍃 (grunduwaddjus))
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*grumþu- ~ *grundu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 192
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ʒrunðuz ~ *ʒrunþuz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 144