Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *-nizScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_niz
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Germanische Sprachwissenschaft III: WortbildungslehreHansKraheWolfgangMeidWalter de Gruyter1969Zum Sprachtod einer Restsprache: Zwei ausgestorbene Wörter aus der Lex BaiuvariorumRosemarieLührHeinrichBeckGermanische Rest- und Trümmersprachen (Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde 3)Berlin & New YorkWalter de Gruyter345–681989clūnisrump, buttocksšlauniship, thighवह्नि॑fire, god of fire
suffixnounfemininei-stemforms feminine abstract, action, or result nouns from verbal roots and stemsFrom Proto-Indo-European *-ni-s, a suffix that formed verbal adjectives and nouns, usually directly from full-grade verbal roots. Krahe and Meid 1969: 115–18 compare forms such as Sanskrit वह्नि॑, Lithuanian šlaunis, and Latin clūnis. In Proto-Germanic, direct inherited *-nis was fully productive only in Gothic. The suffix became newly productive as a verbal abstract suffix with weak verbs, where it was added to the present stem: Weak class 1 *-īniz from pre-Germanic *-eye-nis or *-iye-nis, Weak class 2 *-ōniz from pre-Germanic *-eh₂(ye)-nis, and Weak class 3 *-ainiz from pre-Germanic *-oye-ni-s, becoming PGmc *-īniz , *-ōniz, and *-ainiz, all secondary class-specific formations Krahe & Meid 1969: 115–18. A variant *sniz- was appended to roots with a final dental consonant Lühr 1989: 56.