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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-assuz

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 earlier *-at-tuz, reanalyzed from *-at-janą +‎ *-tuz.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑs.suz/

Noun

*-assuz m[2][3]

  1. -ness. Forms abstract nouns from verbs.

Inflection
u-stemDeclension of *-assuz (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *-assuz *-assiwiz
vocative *-assu *-assiwiz
accusative *-assų *-assunz
genitive *-assauz *-assiwǫ̂
dative *-assiwi *-assumaz
instrumental *-assū *-assumiz

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Gothic: -𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌿𐍃 (-assus)

References
  1. Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “-nese”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 281
  2. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 131-132
  3. Agee, Joshua (2018) A Glottometric Subgrouping of the Early Germanic (PhD thesis)‎, →DOI
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