Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tanþs

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 *h₃dónts (“tooth”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑnθs/

Noun

*tanþs m

  1. tooth

Inflection

Both the original stem ablaut and Verner alternation are preserved.

According to Griepentrog and Schaffner, the nominative singular was *tanz (Proto-Indo-European *h₃don(t)s), directly reflected in Old High German zan (German Zahn).

Declension of *tanþs (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *tanþs *tanþiz
vocative *tanþ *tanþiz
accusative *tanþų *tanþunz
genitive *tundiz *tundǫ̂
dative *tundi *tundumaz
instrumental *tundē *tundumiz

Derived terms

  • *tanþijaną
  • *tanþlausaz
  • *Gulþīnatanþô

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*tanþ- ~ *tunþ-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 509-10
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