*amazô

Runic: ᚨᛗᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɑ.mɑ.zɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

a bunting, probably the yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)

Etymology

Probably a secondary n-stem ultimately derived from *amraz, traditionally explained as a shortening of an earlier compound ‘emmer bird’, referring to the bird's feeding on grain; compare Old High German amaro, explicitly an n-stem beside amar (Kluge & Seebold 1989: s.v. Ammer; Lloyd & Springer 1988: s.v. amaro¹). Alternatively, Kroonen reconstructs *amazan- (‘bunting’) as an independent Germanic bird name (Kroonen 2013: 24).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.amazôamazaniz
Acc.amazanųamazanunz
Gen.amazinizamazanǫ̂
Dat.amaziniamazammaz
Inst.amazinēamazammiz
Voc.amazôamazaniz

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Descendants

  • amor, omer (Old English)
    • emer, emere (Middle English)
      • ammer (English)
  • amar, amor, amur (Old Saxon)
  • amar, amarling, amaring, amarzo, amerzo, amirzo (Old High German)
    • amer, amerlinc, amerinc, emer, emerlinc, emberiz (Middle High German)
      • Ammer, Emmer, Emmerling, Emmering, Emmeritz, Emmeritze (German)
      • amera, amarellus, ameringa, merlus, emberiza (Medieval Latin)

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