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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stuþs
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Likely from Pre-Germanic *stút-s, root noun from Proto-Indo-European *stut-, extension of *stew- (“firm”). Compare Latvian stute (“prop, support”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstuθs/
Noun
*stuþs f
- support, prop, post
Inflection
The oblique has the voiced Verner alternant.
consonant stemDeclension of *stuþs (consonant stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *stuþs | *stuþiz | |
vocative | *stuþ | *stuþiz | |
accusative | *stuþų | *stuþunz | |
genitive | *studiz | *studǫ̂ | |
dative | *studi | *studumaz | |
instrumental | *studē | *studumiz |
Derived terms
- *stuþilaz
Related terms
- *stuttijaną
- *stuþjaną
- *stuþōną
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *stuþ
- Old English: studu, stuþu
- Middle English: stude
- English: stud
- Scots: stuit
- Middle English: stude
- Old High German: *stud
- Middle High German: stud
- Alemannic German: Stud
- Middle High German: stud
- Old English: studu, stuþu
- Old Norse: stoð, stuð
- Icelandic: stoð
- Old Swedish: stuþ, stoþ, stydh (late)
- Swedish: stöd
Further reading
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN