Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/abundiz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

*abunstiz, *abandiz, *abanstiz

Etymology

Possibly from *aba- (“away from”) +‎ *undiz (“favor, affection”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑβun.diz/

Noun

*abundiz f^[1]

envy

Inflection

Declension of *abundiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*abundiz	*abundīz
vocative	*abundi	*abundīz
accusative	*abundį	*abundinz
genitive	*abundīz	*abundijǫ̂
dative	*abundī	*abundimaz
instrumental	*abundī	*abundimiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *abunsti, *abundi, *abandi, *abansti
- Old English: æfest, æfæst, æfst; æfstu
  - Middle English: evest, eust, efst, æfest (Early Middle English)
- Old Saxon: avunst
- Old High German: abunt, abanst
  - Middle High German: abunst, abanst
Old Norse: ǫfund
- Icelandic: öfund
- Faroese: øvund
- Norwegian Nynorsk: avund, ovund
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: avund m
- Old Swedish: afund
  - Swedish: avund c, afund (pre-1906 spelling)
- Old Danish: auænd, afund
  - Danish: avind
  - Norwegian Bokmål: avind

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*undi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 559

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*undi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 559

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