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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ampraz

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 *amrós (probably *h₂h₃mrós;[1] see *h₂eh₃mós). Cognate to Sanskrit अम्ल (amlá, sour; wood-sorrel) and Latin amārus (bitter).[2] Kroonen, skeptical, compares Semitic (e.g. Hebrew מַר (mar, bitter)).[3]

Adjective

*ampraz[3]

  1. sharp (in taste), sour

Inflection


Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *ampr
    • Old Frisian: *amper, *omper
    • Old Dutch: *ampar
  • Old Norse: apr (< *appr < *amp-) (descendants may be influenced by Low German)
    • Icelandic: apur
    • Norwegian Bokmål: amper
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: amper
    • Swedish: amper
    • Danish: amper
    • Gutnish: ampårr, anpän
    • Jamtish: ampen
    • Angermannian: ampen, anpäs (verb)
    • Sudermannian: amper
    • Wermlandian: amper
    • Nilandian: amper

References

  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “amārus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 37
  2. Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Ampfer”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
  3. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ampra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 25
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