Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tumþiz

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

Alternative forms

*tumþō

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *dḿ̥tis, equivalent to *temaną +‎ *-þiz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtum.θiz/

Noun

*tumþiz f[1]

seemliness, agreement
association, guild, community
homestead, estate

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *tumþiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*tumþiz	*tumþīz
vocative	*tumþi	*tumþīz
accusative	*tumþį	*tumþinz
genitive	*tumþīz	*tumþijǫ̂
dative	*tumþī	*tumþimaz
instrumental	*tumþī	*tumþimiz

Related terms

*tumftō

Descendants

Old Saxon: tumft; mistumft
Old Dutch: tunft; gitunft
Old High German: zumft
- Middle High German: zumft, zunft
  - German: Zunft
Proto-Proto-Norse: [script needed] (*tumftō) (< *tumþō)
- Old Norse: *tóft, tomt, topt, tupt, tuft
  - Icelandic: topt, tuft
  - Faroese: toft
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: tuft, tomt; (dialectal) toft
  - Norwegian Bokmål: tomt, tuft
  - Westrobothnian: tomt
  - Old Swedish: topt, toft, tompt
    - Swedish: tomt
  - Scanian: tøvt
  - Danish: toft
- → Old English: toft
  - Middle English: toft
    - English: toft

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “tumþi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 526

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “tumþi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 526