Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snaidō

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

Nominal derivative from *snīþaną (“to cut”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsnɑi̯.ðɔː/

Noun

*snaidō f

  1. a cut, cutting, something cut off

Inflection

Declension of *snaidō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *snaidō *snaidôz
vocative *snaidō *snaidôz
accusative *snaidǭ *snaidōz
genitive *snaidōz *snaidǫ̂
dative *snaidōi *snaidōmaz
instrumental *snaidō *snaidōmiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *snaidu
    • Old English: *snād
    • Old Frisian: snēthe
    • Old Saxon: *snēda
    • Old Dutch: snetha, snethe, snede
    • Old High German: *sneita
      • Middle High German: sneite
  • Old Norse: sneið

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*snaidō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 460
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