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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/preunaz

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

Possibly from earlier *preuhmô, genitive *preuhnaz, from *bréuk-mō, *bréuk-(m)n-os, from Proto-Indo-European *brewk-, related to Bulgarian бръсна (brǎsna, “to shave”), Lithuanian brukti (“to prod”).[1]

Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *brewn-, related to Lithuanian briaunà (“edge”), Albanian brez (“belt, girdle”).[2][3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpreu̯.nɑz/

Noun

*preunaz m

  1. knitting needle
  2. pin

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *preunaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *preunaz *preunōz, *preunōs
vocative *preun *preunōz, *preunōs
accusative *preuną *preunanz
genitive *preunas, *priunis *preunǫ̂
dative *priunai *preunamaz
instrumental *preunō *preunamiz

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants
  • Old English: prēon
  • Old Saxon:
    • Middle Low German:
      • Low German: Preem
  • Old Dutch:
  • Old High German:
    • Middle High German: pfrieme
  • Old Norse: prjónn
    • Icelandic: prjónn
    • Faroese: prónur
    • ⇒ Norwegian Bokmål: pjone
    • ⇒ Norwegian Nynorsk: pjone, pjona
    • Danish: pryne

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “preuna(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 399
  2. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “brez”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 36
  3. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*preunaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 293
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