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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sanþaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁s-ónt-s (“being, existing”), the present participle of *h₁es- (“to be”) (from which the present forms of *wesaną). Compare also *sundī (“guilt, misdeed”), an abstract noun derived from *h₁sóntih₂, genitive *h₁sn̥tyéh₂s, the feminine form of the participle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑn.θɑz/
Adjective
*sanþaz
- true, real
Inflection
Declension of *sanþaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *sanþaz | *sanþai | *sanþō | *sanþôz | *sanþą, -atō | *sanþō |
| Accusative | *sanþanǭ | *sanþanz | *sanþǭ | *sanþōz | *sanþą, -atō | *sanþō |
| Genitive | *sanþas, -is | *sanþaizǫ̂ | *sanþaizōz | *sanþaizǫ̂ | *sanþas, -is | *sanþaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *sanþammai | *sanþaimaz | *sanþaizōi | *sanþaimaz | *sanþammai | *sanþaimaz |
| Instrumental | *sanþanō | *sanþaimiz | *sanþaizō | *sanþaimiz | *sanþanō | *sanþaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *sanþô | *sanþaniz | *sanþǭ | *sanþōniz | *sanþô | *sanþōnō |
| Accusative | *sanþanų | *sanþanunz | *sanþōnų | *sanþōnunz | *sanþô | *sanþōnō |
| Genitive | *sanþiniz | *sanþanǫ̂ | *sanþōniz | *sanþōnǫ̂ | *sanþiniz | *sanþanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *sanþini | *sanþammaz | *sanþōni | *sanþōmaz | *sanþini | *sanþammaz |
| Instrumental | *sanþinē | *sanþammiz | *sanþōnē | *sanþōmiz | *sanþinē | *sanþammiz |
Derived terms
- *sanþōną
Related terms
- *sunjaz
- *sundī
Descendants
- Old English: sōþ
- English: sooth
- Old Saxon: sōth
- Old High German: sand
- Old Norse: sannr, saðr
- Icelandic: sannur
- Faroese: sannur
- Danish: sand
- Old Swedish: sander
- Swedish: sann
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sann