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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kumþiz

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 Pre-Germanic *gʷḿ̥tis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis, with leveling from the oblique form. Equivalent to *kwemaną +‎ *-þiz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkum.θiz/

Noun

*kumþiz f

  1. coming, arrival

Inflection

The oblique has the voiced Verner alternant.

i-stemDeclension of *kumþiz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kumþiz *kumþīz
vocative *kumþi *kumþīz
accusative *kumþį *kumþīnz
genitive *kundīz *kundijǫ̂
dative *kundī *kundimaz
instrumental *kundī *kundimiz

Descendants
  • Old Dutch: cumst
    • Middle Dutch: comst
  • Old High German: *kumft (found in compounds, framkumft)
  • Old Norse: cf. *kund (found in compounds, samkund < *kumdō/*kumdiz, showing Verner alternation)
  • Gothic: *𐌵𐌿𐌼𐌸𐍃 (*qumþs), 𐌲𐌰𐌵𐌿𐌼𐌸𐍃 (gaqumþs) (with -q- restored under influence of 𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (qiman))

References
  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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