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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kūz
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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
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.[1] This word is alternatively reconstructed as *gʷéh₃us ~ *gʷh₃éws.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuːz/
Inflection
The exact inflection of this word is uncertain, but likely alternated between the stems *kū- and *kwō-. The former might have originated from an earlier *kwōu- in which the long vowel was assimilated to the adjacent labials or from an analogy with *sūz (“sow”).[1]
| consonant stemDeclension of *kūz (consonant stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *kūz | *kwōiz | |
| vocative | *kū | *kwōiz | |
| accusative | *kwǭ | *kwōnz | |
| genitive | *kwōiz | *kwōǫ̂ | |
| dative | *kwōi | *kwōmaz | |
| instrumental | *kwōē | *kwōmiz | |
Descendants
References
- Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 189, 193
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “PGm. *kō- ~ *kū- f. ‘cow’”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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