Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *-umnijōScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_umnijō
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A Comparative Grammar of the Early Germanic LanguagesRobert D.FulkJohn Benjamins Publishing Company2018The Germanic (i)jō-stem declension: Origin and developmentSverre S.Johnsen2005a(Master’s thesis,Nominale Stammbildungslehre der altgermanischen DialekteFriedrichKlugeMax Niemayer1899Germanische Sprachwissenschaft III: WortbildungslehreHansKraheWolfgangMeidWalter de Gruyter1969The Proto-Germanic n-Stems: A Study in Diachronic MorphophonologyGuusKroonenRodopi2011aNomina im indogermanischen LexikonDagmar S.WodtkoBrittaIrslingerCarolinSchneiderUniversitätsverlag Winter2008*lewk-bright; to shine; to see*weyd-to see; to knowवि॒द्मन्knowledge𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌹lightninglevenelightning𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌿𐌱𐌽𐌹knowledge
suffixnounfeminineō-stemforms abstract, result, and state nouns, usually from verbs or from bases already associated with *men-stem nominal formations; also secondarily forms some concrete/entity nounsProbably from pre-Germanic *-m̥n-yéh₂ / *-mn̥-yéh₂ yielding Proto-Germanic *-umnijō / *-munijō (with the *-i- from Siever’s Law), a zero-grade Proto-Indo-European *men-stem suffix, reformulated as a feminine ō-stem with the original stem-final cluster reanalyzed as part of the original stem. This accounts for the close relation between Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌹 from PGmc *lauhmunijō < pre-Germanic *louk-mn̥-yéh₂ and Middle English levene from PGmc *lauhumnijō < pre-Germanic *louk-m̥n-yéh₂ (with loss of nasality of the *-m- via dissimilation Fulk 2018: 121), ultimately from PIE root *lewk-. It also explains Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌿𐌱𐌽𐌹 from pre-Germanic *witumnijō < pre-Gmc *wid-m̥n-yéh₂ beside Sanskrit वि॒द्मन्, from PIE root *weyd-, and comparable *-men- formations Kluge 1899: §150Krahe & Meid 1969: 129–30Johnsen 2005a: 141–43Kroonen 2011a: 182–84Wodtko et al. 2008: 244–45.