Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/uppai
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom *ub + *-nai, a locative suffix, with assimilation due to Kluge's Law.[1]
Pronunciation
editAdverb
edit*uppai
Related terms
editDescendants
editThe Gothic form shows leveling with a full-grade form *eup-.
- Old English: uppe
- Middle English: uppe
- Old Saxon: uppa
- Old High German: ūffe
- Old Norse: uppi
- Gothic: 𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌰 (iupa)
References
edit- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN