Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/grannaz

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 a Proto-Indo-European *gʰroH-n-uó-s, probably related to *granō (“awn, wispy hair”). An alternative theory links the word to Old Irish grind, grinn (“sharp”) (< *gʰrendʰ-i-), which would require the reconstruction of the Germanic as *gʰrondʰ-no-s instead.[1]

Adjective

*grannaz[1]

  1. sharp
  2. (North Germanic) thin

Inflection

Declension of *grannaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *grannaz *grannō *granną, -atō *grannai *grannôz *grannō
accusative *grannanǭ *grannǭ *granną, -atō *grannanz *grannōz *grannō
genitive *grannas, -is *grannaizōz *grannas, -is *grannaizǫ̂ *grannaizǫ̂ *grannaizǫ̂
dative *grannammai *grannaizōi *grannammai *grannaimaz *grannaimaz *grannaimaz
instrumental *grannanō *grannaizō *grannanō *grannaimiz *grannaimiz *grannaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *grannô *grannǭ *grannô *grannaniz *grannōniz *grannōnō
accusative *grannanų *grannōnų *grannô *grannanunz *grannōnunz *grannōnō
genitive *granniniz *grannōniz *granniniz *grannanǫ̂ *grannōnǫ̂ *grannanǫ̂
dative *grannini *grannōni *grannini *grannammaz *grannōmaz *grannammaz
instrumental *granninē *grannōnē *granninē *grannammiz *grannōmiz *grannammiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *grann
    • Low German: grann (“mean, sharp”)[2]
  • Old Norse: grannr
    • Icelandic: grannur (“thin, slim; accurate”)
    • Faroese: grannur (“thin, fine”)
    • Old Swedish:
      • Swedish: grann (“pretty, fine”)
    • Elfdalian: grann (“thin, delicate, pretty”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*granna-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 186
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ʒrannaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 140
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