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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sniumijaz

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 *snew- (to be fleet; flow; run; trickle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsniu̯.mi.jɑz/

Adjective

*sniumijaz[1]

  1. hasty, fast

Inflection


Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *sniumī
    • Old Saxon: sniumi
      • Middle Low German: snouw, snaw
    • Old High German: sniumi
  • Old Norse: snemmr, snimmr
    • Icelandic: snemmur
  • Gothic: *𐍃𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌼𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*sniumeis)

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*sneumaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 357
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