Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/uhnaz
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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
Alternative forms
- *ugnaz (North Germanic)
- *ufnaz (North Germanic, West Germanic)
Etymology
Ascribed to a Proto-Indo-European root *h₂uk-, *h₂ewk- (“a closed container or vessel for cooking; cookpot; oven”) or similar by equation with Sanskrit उखा (ukhā), Albanian anë, Ancient Greek ἰπνός (ipnós), Latin ōlla. It is unclear whether the byform *ufnaz (Proto-West Germanic *ofn) is the same word, or represents a different word altogether.
Kroonen suggests that the word is a Wanderwort from a pre-IE substrate language. Native terms for ovens and stoves are not taken for granted: the East Slavic term плита́ (plitá, “stove”) appears from Ancient Greek in the Middle Ages, against the earlier new formation печь (pečʹ, “oven”), and Arabic, in a warmer climate, seems to have many but no native terms: أَتُّون (ʔattūn), تَنُّور (tannūr), فُرْن (furn), قَمِين (qamīn).
Inflection
| masculine a-stemDeclension of *uhnaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *uhnaz | *uhnōz, *uhnōs | |
| vocative | *uhn | *uhnōz, *uhnōs | |
| accusative | *uhną | *uhnanz | |
| genitive | *uhnas, *uhnis | *uhnǫ̂ | |
| dative | *uhnai | *uhnamaz | |
| instrumental | *uhnō | *uhnamiz | |