Etymology Search

10 matching Proto-Germanic entries

• *hanapiz noun · masculine · i-stem · /ˈxɑ.nɑ.piz/

  hemp

  “…A Kulturwort of unknown ultimate origin. See Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis) for more. Although a loanword, it was borrowed early enough for the word to be affected by Grimm's law, shifting *k to *h and *b to *p.…”

• *liþuz noun · masculine · u-stem · /ˈli.θuz/

  a bend

  “……opean *h₂el-, *leyH- (‘to bend’). A relationship with Latin lituus is sometimes suggested, but is doubtful as it is likely a loanword from Etruscan. Given the variety of forms, which are difficult to reconcile as inherited, origin in a substrate lang……”

• *hringaz noun · masculine · a-stem · /ˈxriŋ.ɡɑz/

  ring, circle

  “…From an earlier *hrengaz (compare the Proto-Finnic loanword *rëngas), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ- (‘ring, circle’), and cognate with Proto-Slavic *krǫgъ (‘circle’). Th……”

• *þahsuz noun · masculine · u-stem · /ˈθɑx.suz/

  badger

  “……ght of Proto-Celtic *taskos, has been derived from a Proto-Indo-European *toskos (‘badger’), which Kroonen considers to be a loanword from some unidentified western European substrate.…”

• *kazą noun · neuter · a-stem · /ˈkɑ.zɑ̃/

  vessel, vat, tub, barrel

  “……via inherited sound laws (thus, if related, a borrowing must have taken place). Orel prefers to take the root as a cultural loanword, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *kaʔs- (‘beaker, goblet’).…”

• *apô noun · masculine · an-stem · /ˈɑ.pɔːː/

  ape, monkey

  “…An ancient loanword, probably an early pre-Germanic adoption of a non-Indo-European Wanderwort, subsequently inflected as the masculine……”

• *flaiski noun · neuter · i-stem · /ˈɸlɑi̯s.ki/

  meat, flesh

  “……ff’, later concretized as ‘piece of bacon, flesh’. Boutkan & Siebinga 2005 consider this a regional North European substrate loanword.…”

• *rūmōniz noun · masculine · i-stem · /ˈruː.mɔː.niz/

  a Roman

  “……in as *Rūmānīz. At that time, Proto-Germanic had not yet completed the full shift from ā to ō, since the shift affected this loanword as well when it did occur, changing *Rūmānīz to *Rūmōnīz. This provides evidence that the shift occurred around or s……”

• *skipą noun · neuter · a-stem · /ˈski.pɑ̃/

  ship

  “……d Latin vās (‘hollow object’), source of French vaisseau (‘vessel’). Kroonen instead claims that this word would rather be a loanword from Latin scyphus (‘drinking vessel’).…”

• *ēbanþs noun · masculine · consonant stem · /ˈɛː.βɑnθs/

  evening

  “……nic *ēb-/āb- and North Proto-Germanic *aft-/apt-. Beekes 1996a:231–32 instead treats the word as a probable ancient European loanword, emphasizing that the suffixal type in *-ont-is rare in Proto-Germanic and may point to borrowing rather than inheri……”