Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/staupijaną

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɑu̯.pi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Etymology 1 edit

From *staupaz (pitcher, jar, bucket"; originally "steep, high) +‎ *-janą.[1]

Verb edit

*staupijaną

  1. to pour
  2. to soak, to make wet
  3. to cast metal
Inflection edit
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

From *stūpaną (to stoop, fall down) +‎ *-janą (causative).

Verb edit

*staupijaną[2]

  1. (North Germanic) to make fall down, to make stumble
  2. (North Germanic) to throw down, to overthrow
Inflection edit
Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “staupa”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 475
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*staupjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 373