Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/razną

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 *h₁rh̥₁-s-nó-m,^[1] from *h₁reh₁- (“to rest”) + *-s-^[2] + *-nóm, related to *rastō (“rest”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rh̥₁-s-tó-s). Alternatively, cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *radás (“birth, genus”), from *(H)rodʰ-sno-m,^[3] from a *(H)redʰ- (“to appear, come into existence”) +‎ *-snom.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrɑz.nɑ̃/

Noun

*razną n^[3]

house, dwelling

Inflection

Declension of *razną (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*razną	*raznō
vocative	*razną	*raznō
accusative	*razną	*raznō
genitive	raznas, raznis	*raznǫ̂
dative	*raznai	*raznamaz
instrumental	*raznō	*raznamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *raʀn
- Old English: ærn, earn, ern
  - Middle English: ern
  - ⇒ Old English: bereærn
    - Middle English: bern
      - Scots: bern
      - English: barn
- >? Old English: ræsn
  - Middle English: rasen, rasyn, resen, resin, reson, reason; rasewe, reswe
    - English: rasen, reason
    - Scots: rase
    - ⇒ Middle English: rasewepece, reson pece
      - English: reason piece, raising piece
Old Norse: rann
- Icelandic: rann
- Faroese: rann
- → Middle English: ran
- ⇒ Old Norse: rannsaka
  - Icelandic: rannsaka
  - Faroese: at rannsaka
  - Norn: ransla
  - Norwegian:
    - Norwegian Bokmål: ransake
    - Norwegian Nynorsk: ransake, ransaka
  - Old Swedish: ransaka
    - Swedish: rannsaka
  - Old Danish: ransakæ
    - Danish: ransage
  - → Middle English: ransaken, ronsaken
    - English: ransack
    - → Norman: ransaquer
    - Scots: ransak, runsik
  - → Scottish Gaelic: rannsaich
Gothic: 𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌽 (razn)

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 48: “Go. razn n. ‘house’ < *razna- < ?*h₁rh̥₁-s-nó- (to OHG ruowa ‘rest’, Gr. έρωή ‘id.’ < *h₁roh₁-ueh₂-)”
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2. erə-, rē-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 338-339
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*raznan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 300

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 48: “Go. razn n. ‘house’ < *razna- < ?*h₁rh̥₁-s-nó- (to OHG ruowa ‘rest’, Gr. έρωή ‘id.’ < *h₁roh₁-ueh₂-)”

[2] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2. erə-, rē-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 338-339

[HGE-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*raznan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 300

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