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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snauþuz

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 *ksnéw-tu-s, from *ksnew- (“to scrape, sharpen”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsnɑu̯.θuz/

Adjective

*snauþuz[1]

  1. bald, shaved, naked
  2. poor, weak

Inflection
Declension of *snauþuz (u-stem)
strong declension
masculine feminine neuter
singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative *snauþuz *snauþijai *snauþī *snauþijôz *snauþų, *-jatō *snauþijō
accusative *snauþijanǭ *snauþijanz *snauþijǭ *snauþijōz *snauþų, *-jatō *snauþijō
genitive *snauþijas, *snauþīs *snauþijaizǫ̂ *snauþijaizōz *snauþijaizǫ̂ *snauþijas, *snauþīs *snauþijaizǫ̂
dative *snauþijammai *snauþijaimaz *snauþijaizōi *snauþijaimaz *snauþijammai *snauþijaimaz
instrumental *snauþijanō *snauþijaimiz *snauþijaizō *snauþijaimiz *snauþijanō *snauþijaimiz
weak declension
masculine feminine neuter
singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative *snauþijô *snauþijaniz *snauþijǭ *snauþijōniz *snauþijô *snauþijōnō
accusative *snauþijanų *snauþijanunz *snauþijōnų *snauþijōnunz *snauþijô *snauþijōnō
genitive *snauþīniz *snauþijanǫ̂ *snauþijōniz *snauþijōnǫ̂ *snauþīniz *snauþijanǫ̂
dative *snauþīni *snauþijammaz *snauþijōni *snauþijōmaz *snauþīni *snauþijammaz
instrumental *snauþīnē *snauþijammiz *snauþijōnē *snauþijōmiz *snauþīnē *snauþijammiz


Descendants
  • Old Dutch: *snōthi
  • Old High German:
    • Middle High German: snoede
  • Old Norse: snauðr
  • ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *sneuþaną, *snuþanaz (part.past.)[1]
    • Old High German:
      • Middle High German: be-snoten (“poor”)
    • Old Norse: snoðinn (“bald, shaved”)
  • ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *snuþjaną[1]
    • Old English: be-snyþþan (“to rob”)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*snawwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 461
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