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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/upp

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

The form is from either *ub + a nasal affix representing an earlier *up-nó, related to *uppai (earlier *up-nóy) and *ubanē; or by analogy with *uppai.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /upː/

Adverb

*upp

  1. up, upwards

Derived terms

Descendants

Gothic shows a peculiar full-grade *eup-, while West Germanic (minus Anglo-Frisian) shows a secondary "full-grade" *ūp(ą) (German auf); for the same treatment compare *īn(ą) (German ein) and *ūt(ą) (German aus).

  • Old English: upp, up
    • Middle English: up, upp, ap
      • English: up
      • Scots: up
      • Yola: ap, up
  • Old Frisian: uppa, oppa, up, op
    • North Frisian:
      • Sylt: üp
    • Saterland Frisian: op, ap
    • West Frisian: op
  • Old Saxon: ūp
    • Middle Low German: up
  • Old Dutch: ūp
    • Middle Dutch: op
      • Dutch: op, (dialectal) oep
      • West Flemish: up, ip
  • Old High German: ūf
    • Middle High German: ūf
    • Old Rhine Franconian: uf
      • Middle Rhine Franconian: uf
        • Rhine Franconian: uff, off
          Pennsylvania German: uff
          Hunsrik: uff
    • Old Central Franconian: *up
      • Middle Central Franconian: up
        • Central Franconian: op
          Kölsch: op
  • Old Norse: upp
    • Icelandic: upp
    • Faroese: upp
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: upp
    • Old Swedish: up
    • Danish: op
      • Norwegian Bokmål: opp
        • → Norwegian Nynorsk: opp
  • Gothic: 𐌹𐌿𐍀 (iup)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN
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