Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fuþiz

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

Possibly rebuilt from an-stem *feuþô ~ *futtaz,[1] from pre-Proto-Germanic *péut-ō ~ *put-nós, from Proto-Indo-European *pewt-, cognate with Latin pūtos (“penis”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸu.θiz/

Noun

*fuþiz f[1]

  1. vagina

Inflection

Declension of *fuþiz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *fuþiz *fuþīz
vocative *fuþi *fuþīz
accusative *fuþį *fuþinz
genitive *fuþīz *fuþjǫ̂
dative *fuþī *fuþimaz
instrumental *fuþī *fuþimiz

Alternative reconstructions

  • *futtiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *futi
    • Old Saxon: *fut
  • Old Norse: fuð, fuþ
  • → Proto-Samic: *pëtë (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fuþi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 162
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