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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sūftu
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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic
Etymology
From *sūpan (“to slurp, guzzle”) + *-þu.
Inflection
| u-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *sūftu | |
| Genitive | *sūftō | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *sūftu | *sūftiwi, *sūftō |
| Accusative | *sūftu | *sūftū |
| Genitive | *sūftō | *sūftiwō |
| Dative | *sūftiwi, *sūftō | *sūftum |
| Instrumental | *sūftu | *sūftum |
Related terms
- *seufōn
- Old English: sēofian, sefian, seafian, sifian, syfian
- *soppōn
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Friedrich Kluge (1989) “seufzen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 670
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