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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sunjaz

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 *h₁s-n̥t-yós, from *h₁sónts, participial of *h₁es- (to be). Dentals between *-n- and *-y- regularly lost. Cognate with Sanskrit सत्य (satyá).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsun.jɑz/

Adjective

*sunjaz

  1. true, truthful, correct

Inflection


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Descendants

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sunja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 492
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