Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrumjaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *trem- (“to tremble (in fear)”). Cognate with Latin tremō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθrum.jɑz/

Noun

*þrumjaz m[1]

  1. violence
  2. disturbance

Inflection

Declension of *þrumjaz (masculine ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative *þrumjaz *þrumjōz, *þrumjōs
vocative *þrumi *þrumjōz, *þrumjōs
accusative *þrumją *þrumjanz
genitive *þrumjas, *þrumis *þrumjǫ̂
dative *þrumjai *þrumjamaz
instrumental *þrumjō *þrumjamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *þrumi
    • Old English: þrymm, þrym
      • Middle English: thrum, throm, thrim
    • Old Saxon: *thrumm
      • ⇒ Old Saxon: heruthrumm, heruthrum
  • Old Norse: þrymr
    • Icelandic: þrymur

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*þrumiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 427
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