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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stummaz

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 Pre-Germanic *stm̥Hnós,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *stemH- (to push, inhibit, stutter, stammer).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstum.mɑz/

Adjective

*stummaz

  1. mute

Inflection


Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *stumm
    • Old Frisian: stumm, stum
      • North Frisian: stomm, stamm
      • Saterland Frisian: stum
      • West Frisian: stom
    • Old Saxon: stumm, stum
    • Old Dutch: *stumm
    • Old High German: stumm, stumb, stum

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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