Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ansijō

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

ansijôz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ens-yeh₂. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἡνία pl (hēnía, “rein”), Latin ānsa (“handle”), Old Irish éisi pl (“reins”), Lithuanian ąsà (“jug handle”), Latvian ùoss (“jug handle”), Old Prussian ansis (“hook”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑn.si.jɔː/

Noun

*ansijō f[1][2][3]

handle (of a cup or bowl which forms a loop or half-loop)
eyelet, eye of a needle

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *ansijō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ansijō	*ansijôz
vocative	*ansijō	*ansijôz
accusative	*ansijǭ	*ansijōz
genitive	*ansijōz	*ansijǫ̂
dative	*ansijōi	*ansijōmaz
instrumental	*ansijō	*ansijōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *ansiju
- Old Frisian: *ōse, *ōs
  - North Frisian: ous
  - Saterland Frisian: Oose
  - West Frisian: oes
- Old Saxon: *ōsia
  - Middle Low German: ö̂se, oese, o̊se, ouse, osse
    - German Low German:
      Dortmunder, Westphalian (Sauerländisch (Niedersfeld, Olpe)): Ööse
      Old Prussian, Westphalian (Bentheimisch, East Westphalian (Lippe)): Öse
      Sauerländisch: Oise, Öüse (Attendorn, Drolshagen), Ööese (Wenden)
    - → Middle High German: ōse
      - German: Öse
- >? Old High German: *ansa, ensa
- → Vulgar Latin: *ansia, *āsia (“loop, eyelet, pot handle, cup handle, arms akimbo, elbow room”) (possibly)
  - Old French: aise, eise (“elbow room, opportunity”)
    - Middle French: aise
      - French: aise
    - → Middle English: ese
      - English: ease
Old Norse: æs
- Icelandic: æs
- Faroese: æs
- Norwegian: æs
→ Proto-Finnic: *ohja (see there for further descendants)

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959), “ansā, ansi-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 48: “*ansjō”
Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*ansjō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 21
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ansjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 30

[IEW-1] Pokorny, Julius (1959), “ansā, ansi-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 48: “*ansjō”

[2] Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*ansjō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 21

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