*sūz

Runic: ᛊᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈsuːz/

noun · feminine · consonant stem

Meanings

  1. sow (female pig)
  2. pig, swine

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *suH- (‘pig, hog, swine’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.sūzsuwiz
Acc.suwųsuwunz
Gen.suwizsūǫ̂
Dat.suwisuwumaz
Inst.sūēsuwumiz
Voc.sūsuwiz

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Descendants

  • *sū (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sū (Old English)
    • sū (Old Saxon)
  • *sū (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sū (Old High German)
      • sū (Middle High German)
        • Suu, Sou, Sau (Alemannic German)
        • Sau, Sou (Central Franconian)
        • Sau (German)
        • Sau (Luxembourgish)
        • ? (Rhine Franconian)
        • zaoj (Vilamovian)
  • ? (Old Norse)
    • *sōʀ (Old East Norse)
      • so (Danish)
  • ? (Old Norse)
    • *sōʀ (Old East Norse)
      • sō (Old Swedish)
        • so (Swedish)
  • ? (Old Norse)
    • sýr (Old West Norse)
      • súgv (Faroese)
      • sýr (Icelandic)
      • su (Norwegian Nynorsk)

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