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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/amsaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₃émsos (“shoulder”). Compare Latin umerus, Sanskrit अंस (áṃsa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑm.sɑz/
Noun
*amsaz m[1]
- shoulder
Inflection
| masculine a-stemDeclension of *amsaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *amsaz | *amsōz, *amsōs | |
| vocative | *ams | *amsōz, *amsōs | |
| accusative | *amsą | *amsanz | |
| genitive | *amsas, *amsis | *amsǫ̂ | |
| dative | *amsai | *amsamaz | |
| instrumental | *amsō | *amsamiz | |
Descendants
- Old Norse: áss
- Icelandic: ás
- Faroese: ásur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ås
- Elfdalian: ą̊s
- Old Swedish: ās
- Swedish: ås
- Danish: ås
- Norwegian Bokmål: ås
- Gutnish: as
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌼𐍃 (ams)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*amsa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 25