Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sūftu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *sūpan (“to slurp, guzzle”) +‎ *-þu, with sense development "slurp up air" > "inhale" > "sigh".[1][2]

Noun

*sūftu m

  1. sigh, lamentation

Inflection

u-stem
Singular
Nominative *sūftu
Genitive *sūftō
Singular Plural
Nominative *sūftu *sūftiwi, *sūftō
Accusative *sūftu *sūftū
Genitive *sūftō *sūftiwō
Dative *sūftiwi, *sūftō *sūftum
Instrumental *sūftu *sūftum
  • *seufōn
    • Old English: sēofian, sefian, seafian, sifian, syfian
  • *soppōn

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Saxon: *sūft
  • Old Dutch: *suft
  • Old High German: *sūft
    • Middle High German: sûft

References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “seufzen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
  2. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “seufzen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 670
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