Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/butmaz

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

  • *budmaz, *budmô, *buttmô

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn, gen. *bʰudʰmnós. According to Kroonen, the -m- had been dissimilated in the genitive already in Proto-Indo-European, giving Sanskrit बुध्न (budhna) and Latin fundus, resulting in a Germanic paradigm of *budm-, *butt-, which then gave rise to other variants.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbut.mɑz/

Noun

*butmaz m[1]

  1. bottom; foundation
  2. ground
  3. abyss

Inflection

Declension of *butmaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *butmaz *butmōz, *butmōs
vocative *butm *butmōz, *butmōs
accusative *butmą *butmanz
genitive *butmas, *butmis *butmǫ̂
dative *butmai *butmamaz
instrumental *butmō *butmamiz

Descendants

The original paradigm of *budm-, *butm- allowed for different leveling among the daughter languages.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*budman- ~ *buttman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 82
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