Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ansijō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *h₂ens-ieh₂. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἡνία (hēnía), Latin ansa, Old Irish éisi, Lithuanian ąsà, Latvian ùoss, Old Prussian ansis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑn.si.jɔː/

Noun

*ansijō f [1]

sling; loop; hole for passing something through
handle

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *ansijō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ansijō	*ansijôz
vocative	*ansijō	*ansijôz
accusative	*ansijǭ	*ansijōz
genitive	*ansijōz	*ansijǫ̂
dative	*ansijōi	*ansijōmaz
instrumental	*ansijō	*ansijōmiz

Descendants

Old Frisian: *ōse
- West Frisian: oes
Old Saxon: *ōsia
- Middle Low German: ôse
  - German Low German: Öös, Öse
  - German: Öse
Old Norse: æs
- Icelandic: æs
- Faroese: æs
- Norwegian: æs

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ansjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 30

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ansjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 30