Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sumaz

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sumaz

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-h₁-o-, from *sem- (“one, whole”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.mɑz/

Determiner

*sumaz

1. (in the singular) some (one), a certain (one)
2. (in the plural) some, certain

Inflection

Declension of *sumaz (a-stem, strong only)

strong declension
	masculine		feminine		neuter
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	*sumaz	*sumai	*sumō	*sumôz	*sumą, *-at(ō)	*sumō
accusative	*sumanǭ	*sumanz	*sumǭ	*sumōz	*sumą, *-at(ō)	*sumō
genitive	*sumas, *sumis	*sumaizǫ̂	*sumaizōz	*sumaizǫ̂	*sumas, *sumis	*sumaizǫ̂
dative	*sumammai	*sumaimaz	*sumaizōi	*sumaimaz	*sumammai	*sumaimaz
instrumental	*sumanō	*sumaimiz	*sumaizō	*sumaimiz	*sumanō	*sumaimiz

Related terms

• *samaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sum
  • Old English: sum
    • Middle English: som, somme, summe
      • English: some
      • Scots: sum, some
      • Yola: zim, zum
  • Old Frisian: sum
    • North Frisian: som, sam, säm
    • West Frisian: sume, sum
  • Old Saxon: sum
    • Middle Low German: som
      • Low German: sum
  • Old Dutch: sum
    • Middle Dutch: som
      • Limburgish: zóm
  • Old High German: sum
    • Middle High German: sum
• Old Norse: sumr
  • Icelandic: sumur
  • Faroese: summur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sum, som; (dialectal) sum’e, søm
  • Old Swedish: sumber
    • Swedish: somme, somma, somt, (dialectal) sômmer, sômma
  • Danish: somme
    • Norwegian Bokmål: somme
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌿𐌼𐍃 (sums)