Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þurpą

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 *trab-, *treb- (“room, dwelling, settlement”). Cognate with Latin trabs (“beam, rafter, roof, vessel”), Lithuanian trobà (“farmhouse”), Welsh tref (“town, home”),[1] Albanian trevë (“country, region, village”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθur.pɑ̃/

Noun

*þurpą n

  1. village, rural settlement
  2. gathering of people, crowd
  3. cleared land

Inflection

Declension of *þurpą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *þurpą *þurpō
vocative *þurpą *þurpō
accusative *þurpą *þurpō
genitive *þurpas, *þurpis *þurpǫ̂
dative *þurpai *þurpamaz
instrumental *þurpō *þurpamiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þurpa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 553
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