Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/uzdaz

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *úd-s (“up, off”) (> *uz (“out of”)) + *dʰeh₁- (“to set, put, place”).[1] Alternatively connected to the root *wes- (“to prick”) (connected to Albanian usht (“thistle”)).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuz.dɑz/

Noun

*uzdaz m[1]

  1. sharp point
  2. place

Inflection

Declension of *uzdaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *uzdaz *uzdōz, *uzdōs
vocative *uzd *uzdōz, *uzdōs
accusative *uzdą *uzdanz
genitive *uzdas, *uzdis *uzdǫ̂
dative *uzdai *uzdamaz
instrumental *uzdō *uzdamiz

Derived terms

  • *uzdijaną

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *oʀd
    • Old English: ord
      • Middle English: ord
    • Old Frisian: ord
      • North Frisian: od
      • Saterland Frisian: Oud
      • West Frisian: oerd, oarde
    • Old Saxon: ord
      • Middle Low German: ort
        • German Low German: Oort
        • → Swedish: ort
    • Old Dutch: ort
    • Old High German: ort
    • →⇒ Old French: ordé, urdee (“pointed”)
  • Old Norse: oddr

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*uzda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 563
  2. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Ort”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
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