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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tuppaz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Secondary formation from *tebō, *tappaz (“tuft, knot, peg”), whence Old High German zepfo, zapfo (“plug, peg, broom”), Old English tæpan (“strip of cloth”), Norwegian tave (“piece of cloth”), of unknown origin.[1][2]
Sometimes reconstructed from earlier *tumpaz[3] with irregular development *mp > *pp, from Proto-Indo-European *dewmb- (“penis, tail, rod”), whence Old High German zumpfo (“penis”), Dutch tamp (“rope end, penis”), Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬨𐬀 (duma, “penis”), Persian دم (dom, “tail”).[4]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtup.pɑz/
Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *tuppaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *tuppaz | *tuppōz, *tuppōs | |
vocative | *tupp | *tuppōz, *tuppōs | |
accusative | *tuppą | *tuppanz | |
genitive | *tuppas, *tuppis | *tuppǫ̂ | |
dative | *tuppai | *tuppamaz | |
instrumental | *tuppō | *tuppamiz |
Derived terms
- *tuppijaną
- *tuppijô
- *tuppilaz
Related terms
- *tabbą, *tabą
- *tappą, *tapą
- *teppą
Descendants
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 215-217
- Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “top”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 412
- Bloomfield ((Can we date this quote?)) Germanica, page 95
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “dumb-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 227
- Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*tuppaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 412
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