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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ansijō

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
ansijôz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ens-yeh₂. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἡνία pl (hēnía, “rein”), Latin ānsa (“handle”), Old Irish éisi pl (“reins”), Lithuanian ąsà (“jug handle”), Latvian ùoss (“jug handle”), Old Prussian ansis (“hook”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑn.si.jɔː/

Noun

*ansijō f[1][2][3]

  1. handle (of a cup or bowl which forms a loop or half-loop)
  2. eyelet, eye of a needle

Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *ansijō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *ansijō *ansijôz
vocative *ansijō *ansijôz
accusative *ansijǭ *ansijōz
genitive *ansijōz *ansijǫ̂
dative *ansijōi *ansijōmaz
instrumental *ansijō *ansijōmiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *ansiju, *ą̄siju
    • Old Frisian: *ōse, *ōs
      • North Frisian: ous
      • Saterland Frisian: Oose
      • West Frisian: oes
    • Old Saxon: *ōsia
      • Middle Low German: ö̂se, oese, o̊se, ouse, osse
        • German Low German:
          Dortmunder, Westphalian (Sauerländisch (Niedersfeld, Olpe)): Ööse
          Old Prussian, Westphalian (Bentheimisch, East Westphalian (Lippe)): Öse
          Sauerländisch: Oise, Öüse (Attendorn, Drolshagen), Ööese (Wenden)
        • → Middle High German: ōse
    • >? Old High German: *ansa, ensa
    • → Vulgar Latin: *ansia, *āsia (“loop, eyelet, pot handle, cup handle, arms akimbo, elbow room”) (possibly)
      • Old French: aise, eise (“elbow room, opportunity”)
  • Old Norse: æs
  • → Proto-Finnic: *ohja (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “ansā, ansi-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 48: “*ansjō”
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ansjō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 21
  3. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ansjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 30
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