Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *-ukôScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_ukô
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Germanische Sprachwissenschaft III: WortbildungslehreHansKraheWolfgangMeidWalter de Gruyter1969The Proto-Germanic n-Stems: A Study in Diachronic MorphophonologyGuusKroonenRodopi2011a
suffixnounmasculinean-stemforms masculine weak n-stem diminutive or hypocoristic nouns, especially personal names, animal names, and affective concrete nounFrom *-ukaz+ *-ô, i.e. an n-stem or weak masculine extension of *-ukaz. The weak masculine form fits the broader tendency for Germanic n-stems to be used in animate, individualizing, and name-like formations Krahe & Meid 1969: 211–16Kroonen 2011a: 35–36.