Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/frustaz

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 *prustós (“frost”), synchronically analyzable as a nominal formation from *freusaną (“to freeze”).[1] Cognate with Latin pruīna (“hoarfrost, frost”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸrus.tɑz/

Noun

*frustaz m[1]

  1. cold; frost; freezing weather
  2. (possibly) frost; rime (minute ice crystals)
    Synonyms: *hrīmaz, *hrīpô

Inflection

Declension of *frustaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *frustaz *frustōz, *frustōs
vocative *frust *frustōz, *frustōs
accusative *frustą *frustanz
genitive *frustas, *frustis *frustǫ̂
dative *frustai *frustamaz
instrumental *frustō *frustamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*frusta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 157
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