Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/upp
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
The form is from either *ub + a nasal affix representing an earlier *up-nó, related to *uppai (earlier *up-nóy) and *ubanē; or by analogy with *uppai.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
*upp
Related terms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Gothic shows a peculiar full-grade *eup-, while West Germanic (minus Anglo-Frisian) shows a secondary "full-grade" *ūp(ą) (German auf); for the same treatment compare *īn(ą) (German ein) and *ūt(ą) (German aus).
- Old English: upp, up
- Old Frisian: uppa, oppa, up, op
- Old Saxon: ūp
- Old Dutch: ūp
- Old High German: ūf
- Old Norse: upp
- Gothic: 𐌹𐌿𐍀 (iup)
References edit
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN