Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/anþiją

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 *h₂ent- (“forehead”). Related to Lithuanian añtis (“bosom”),[1] Latin antiae (“forelocks”), Old Irish étan (“forehead”). Compare *andijaz (“end”) and *umbi (“around”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑn.θi.jɑ̃/

Noun

*anþiją n[1]

  1. forehead

Inflection

Declension of *anþiją (neuter ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative *anþiją *anþijō
vocative *anþiją *anþijō
accusative *anþiją *anþijō
genitive *anþijas, *anþīs *anþijǫ̂
dative *anþijai *anþijamaz
instrumental *anþijō *anþijamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic:
  • Old Norse: enni
  • →? Proto-Finnic: *oncca (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*anþja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 31

Further reading

  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
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