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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/uzdaz

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ud-s (“out”) (> *uz (“out”)) + *dʰeh₁- (“to set, put, place”).[1] Alternatively connected to the root *wes- (“to prick”) (connected to Albanian usht (“thistle”)).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈuz.dɑz/

Noun

*uzdaz m

  1. sharp point
  2. place

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *uzdaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *uzdaz *uzdōz, *uzdōs
vocative *uzd *uzdōz, *uzdōs
accusative *uzdą *uzdanz
genitive *uzdas, *uzdis *uzdǫ̂
dative *uzdai *uzdamaz
instrumental *uzdō *uzdamiz

Descendants
  • Old English: ord
  • Old Frisian: ord
    • North Frisian: od
    • West Frisian: oerd, oarde
  • Old Saxon: ord
    • Middle Low German: ort
      • German Low German: Oort
      • → Swedish: ort
  • Frankish: *ord
    • Old Dutch: ort
      • Middle Dutch: ort, oort
    • → Old French: ordé, urdee
      • → Middle English: urde, urdy
  • Old High German: ort
    • Middle High German: ort
  • Old Norse: oddr

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*uzda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill
  2. Wolfgang Pfeifer (ed.), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen, 2nd ed. (1993), s.v. "Ort".
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