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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ansaz

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

Of unclear origin. Connections to *amsaz (“shoulder”), Latin onus (“load”), and Latin asser (“beam”) are deemed problematic by Kroonen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑn.sɑz/

Noun

*ansaz m[1]

  1. beam

Inflection
Declension of *ansaz (a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
Nominative *ansaz *ansōz, -ōs
Vocative *ans *ansōz, -ōs
Accusative *ansą *ansanz
Genitive *ansas, -is *ansǫ̂
Dative *ansai *ansamaz
Instrumental *ansō *ansamiz


Descendants
  • Old High German:
    • ⇒ Middle High German: ansboum
  • Old Norse: áss
    • Faroese: ásur
    • Norwegian: ås
    • Old Swedish: ās
    • ⇒ Elfdalian: guovą̊s
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐍃 (ans)
  • → Proto-Finnic: *ansas (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ansa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 30
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