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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sumpaz

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

Alternative forms
  • *swumpaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swombʰos.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsum.pɑz/

Noun

*sumpaz m

  1. fungus, sponge
  2. swamp, marsh

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *sumpaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *sumpaz *sumpōz, *sumpōs
vocative *sump *sumpōz, *sumpōs
accusative *sumpą *sumpanz
genitive *sumpas, *sumpis *sumpǫ̂
dative *sumpai *sumpamaz
instrumental *sumpō *sumpamiz

Descendants
  • Old Frisian: *sump
    • Saterland Frisian: Sump
    • West Frisian: sompe, somp
  • Old Saxon: *sump
    • Middle Low German: sump
      • German Low German: Sump
      • Plautdietsch: Somp
      • → Norwegian: sump
  • Old Dutch: *sump
    • Middle Dutch: sump, somp
      • Dutch: zomp
      • → Middle English: (or from Middle Low German) sompe; swamp (a blend of sompe and swam)
        • English: sump; swamp (see there for further descendants)
  • Old High German: *sumpf
    • Middle High German: sumpf
  • Old Norse: (soppr)
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