Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/finnaz

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

Disputed[1][2]; possible nominalization of unattested *finniz, from earlier *fēnþniz, vṛddhi gerundive of *fanþijaną (“to travel by foot, walk”).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸin.nɑz/

Noun

*finnaz m[2]

  1. Sami

Inflection

Declension of *finnaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *finnaz *finnōz, *finnōs
vocative *finn *finnōz, *finnōs
accusative *finną *finnanz
genitive *finnas, *finnis *finnǫ̂
dative *finnai *finnamaz
instrumental *finnō *finnamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *Finn
    • Old English: Finn, Fin, Finnas pl
  • Old Norse: finnr, fiðr
  • → Ancient Greek: Φίννος (Phínnos)
  • → Late Latin: Fennus, Finnus (Late Latin) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “finne”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 137b
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*finnaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 103
  3. ^ Karsten, T. E. (1915) Germanisch-finnische Lehnwortstudien. Ein Beitrag zu der ältesten Sprach- und Kulturgeschichte der Germanen., Helsingfors: Finnische Litteraturgesellschaft
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