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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stirniju

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

Uncertain; possibly from:

Noun

*stirniju f

  1. forehead
    Synonyms: *anþi, *þinnu

Inflection

ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *stirniju
Genitive *stirnijā
Singular Plural
Nominative *stirniju *stirnijō
Accusative *stirnijā *stirnijā
Genitive *stirnijā *stirnijō
Dative *stirnijē *stirnijōm, *stirnijum
Instrumental *stirniju *stirnijōm, *stirnijum

Descendants

  • Old English: steorn
  • Old Frisian: *stirne
  • Old Saxon: *stirna
    • Middle Low German: sterne, stērne
      • German Low German:
        Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Stīrne
        Westmünsterländisch: Steerne, Sterne
  • Old Dutch: *stirna
  • Old High German: stirna

References

  1. Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Stirn”, 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 704
  2. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “στερνόν”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1401
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