Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ansaz

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

Of unclear origin. Connections to *amsaz (“shoulder”), Latin onus (“load”), and Latin asser (“beam”) are deemed problematic by Kroonen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑn.sɑz/

Noun

*ansaz m[1]

beam

Inflection

Declension of *ansaz (a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ansaz	*ansōz, -ōs
Vocative	*ans	*ansōz, -ōs
Accusative	*ansą	*ansanz
Genitive	*ansas, -is	*ansǫ̂
Dative	*ansai	*ansamaz
Instrumental	*ansō	*ansamiz

Descendants

Old High German:
- ⇒ Middle High German: ansboum
Old Norse: áss
- Faroese: ásur
- Norwegian: ås
- Old Swedish: ās
  - Swedish: ås
- ⇒ Elfdalian: guovą̊s
- Westrobothnian: aas
Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐍃 (ans)
→ Finnish: ansas

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ansa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 30

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ansa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 30