Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-assuz
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From earlier *-at-tuz, reanalyzed from *-at-janą + *-tuz.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- -ness. Forms abstract nouns from verbs.
Inflection[edit]
u-stemDeclension of *-assuz (u-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *-assuz | *-assiwiz | |
vocative | *-assu | *-assiwiz | |
accusative | *-assų | *-assunz | |
genitive | *-assauz | *-assiwǫ̂ | |
dative | *-assiwi | *-assumaz | |
instrumental | *-assū | *-assumiz |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “-nese”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 281
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 131-132
- ^ Agee, Joshua (2018) A Glottometric Subgrouping of the Early Germanic (PhD thesis)[1],