Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stōō

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 *stoh₂w-éh₂, from *steh₂- (“to stand, place, put”).[1]

Noun

*stōō f[1]

  1. a place, location, site
  2. stowage

Inflection

Declension of *stōō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *stōō *stōôz
vocative *stōō *stōôz
accusative *stōǭ *stōōz
genitive *stōōz *stōǫ̂
dative *stōōi *stōōmaz
instrumental *stōō *stōōmiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *stōu
    • Old English: stōw
      • Middle English: stowe, stow
    • Old Frisian: stō
    • Old Saxon: *stōa, *stōwa
      • Middle Low German: stouw, stouwe
    • Old Dutch: *stōa, *stuoa
      • Middle Dutch: stouwe, *stoe, *stouw
    • Old High German: *stuoa
      • ⇒ Old High German: stuotago
  • Old Norse: stó
    • Icelandic: stó
    • Norwegian: sto
    • Old Swedish: stō (in compounds)
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌰 (staua)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*stōō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 481-2
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