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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ausaną

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 *h₂eus- (to scoop). Probably related to Latin hauriō (to draw, scoop up) if the initial -h- is indeed hypercorrect.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯.sɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*ausaną [1]

  1. to scoop, to draw (a liquid)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Old Saxon: *ōsan
    • Middle Low German: osen
  • Old Dutch: *ōsan
  • Old High German: *ōsan
    • Middle High German: osen
  • Old Norse: ausa (present eys)
    • Icelandic: ausa
    • Norwegian (nynorsk): ause
    • Norwegian (bokmål): øse
    • Old Swedish: ø̄sa
    • Danish: øse
    • Dalian: (*eysa)
      • Dalian: åisa
      • Elfdalian: äsa
    • Westrobothnian: öis, ais, oois, höös, aus-

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ausan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 43
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