Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stukkiją

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

A ja-stem nominal derived either from *stikaną (“to stick”) or its iterative *stukkōną (“idem”).[1]

An alternative theory, as follows, derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg- (“to shock, butt, impact”). The geminate -kk- is assumed based on *stukkaz (“stick”) (whence Old English stocc, Old Norse stokkr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstuk.ki.jɑ̃/

Noun

*stukkiją n

  1. stump
    Synonyms: *stukkaz, *stumpaz
  2. piece
    Synonyms: *bitiz, *bitô, *braudą, *buttaz, *skarbaz, *skraudō, *snidaz, *speldą

Inflection

Declension of *stukkiją (neuter ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative *stukkiją *stukkijō
vocative *stukkiją *stukkijō
accusative *stukkiją *stukkijō
genitive *stukkijas, *stukkīs *stukkijǫ̂
dative *stukkijai *stukkijamaz
instrumental *stukkijō *stukkijamiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*stukkja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 487
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