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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sniumijaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *snew- (“to be fleet; flow; run; trickle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsniu̯.mi.jɑz/
Adjective
*sniumijaz[1]
- hasty, fast
Inflection
Declension of *sniumijaz (a-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *sniumijaz | *sniumijai | *sniumijō | *sniumijôz | *sniumiją, *-atō | *sniumijō |
| accusative | *sniumijanǭ | *sniumijanz | *sniumijǭ | *sniumijōz | *sniumiją, *-atō | *sniumijō |
| genitive | *sniumijas, *sniumīs | *sniumijaizǫ̂ | *sniumijaizōz | *sniumijaizǫ̂ | *sniumijas, *sniumīs | *sniumijaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *sniumijammai | *sniumijaimaz | *sniumijaizōi | *sniumijaimaz | *sniumijammai | *sniumijaimaz |
| instrumental | *sniumijanō | *sniumijaimiz | *sniumijaizō | *sniumijaimiz | *sniumijanō | *sniumijaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *sniumijô | *sniumijaniz | *sniumijǭ | *sniumijōniz | *sniumijô | *sniumijōnō |
| accusative | *sniumijanų | *sniumijanunz | *sniumijōnų | *sniumijōnunz | *sniumijô | *sniumijōnō |
| genitive | *sniumīniz | *sniumijanǫ̂ | *sniumijōniz | *sniumijōnǫ̂ | *sniumīniz | *sniumijanǫ̂ |
| dative | *sniumīni | *sniumijammaz | *sniumijōni | *sniumijōmaz | *sniumīni | *sniumijammaz |
| instrumental | *sniumīnē | *sniumijammiz | *sniumijōnē | *sniumijōmiz | *sniumīnē | *sniumijammiz |
Derived terms
- *sneumô
- *sniumijaną
Descendants
- West Germanic: *sniumī
- Old Saxon: sniumi
- Middle Low German: snouw, snaw
- Old High German: sniumi
- Old Saxon: sniumi
- Gothic: *𐍃𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌼𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*sniumeis)
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐍃𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍉 (sniumundō)
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*sneumaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 357