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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-snō
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Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *-isnō, *-usnō, *-asnjō
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *-sneh₂.
Suffix
*-snō f[1]
- Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument.
Inflection
| ō-stemDeclension of *-snō (ō-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *-snō | *-snôz | |
| vocative | *-snō | *-snôz | |
| accusative | *-snǭ | *-snōz | |
| genitive | *-snōz | *-snǫ̂ | |
| dative | *-snōi | *-snōmaz | |
| instrumental | *-snō | *-snōmiz | |
Synonyms
- *-þrą
Derived terms
Proto-Germanic terms suffixed with *-snō
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *-snu
- Old English: -sn
- Old Saxon: *-sna
- Old Dutch: *-sna
- Old High German: -sna, -nsa
- Gothic: -𐌰𐍃𐌽𐌰 (-asna), -𐍃𐌽𐌰 (-sna)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*alansō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 20