Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tuppaz

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

Secondary formation from *tebō, *tappaz (tuft, knot, peg), whence Old High German zepfo, zapfo (plug, peg, broom), Old English tæpan (strip of cloth), Norwegian tave (piece of cloth), of unknown origin.[1][2]

Sometimes reconstructed from earlier *tumpaz[3] with irregular development *mp > *pp, from Proto-Indo-European *dewmb- (penis, tail, rod), whence Old High German zumpfo (penis), Dutch tamp (rope end, penis), Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬨𐬀 (duma, penis), Persian دم (dom, tail).[4]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

*tuppaz m[5][2]

  1. tuft, plait (of hair)
  2. top, summit

Inflection edit

masculine a-stemDeclension of *tuppaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *tuppaz *tuppōz, *tuppōs
vocative *tupp *tuppōz, *tuppōs
accusative *tuppą *tuppanz
genitive *tuppas, *tuppis *tuppǫ̂
dative *tuppai *tuppamaz
instrumental *tuppō *tuppamiz

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References edit

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 215-217
  2. 2.0 2.1 Boutkan, Dirk; Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005), “top”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 412
  3. ^ Bloomfield ((Can we date this quote?)) Germanica, page 95
  4. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “dumb-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 227
  5. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*tuppaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 412