Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ermunagrunduz

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

Etymology

From *ermunaz (“world, earth”) +‎ *grunduz (“ground, foundation”). Compare Old High German erdgrunt.

Noun

*ermunagrunduz m[1][2]

  1. (poetic) world, earth

Inflection

Declension of *ermunagrunduz (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *ermunagrunduz *ermunagrundiwiz
vocative *ermunagrundu *ermunagrundiwiz
accusative *ermunagrundų *ermunagrundunz
genitive *ermunagrundauz *ermunagrundiwǫ̂
dative *ermunagrundiwi *ermunagrundumaz
instrumental *ermunagrundū *ermunagrundumiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *ermungrundu
    • Old English: eormengrund
  • Old Norse: jǫrmungrund

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*ermena-ʒrunđiz ~ *ermuna-ʒrunđan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 85
  2. ^ Beeler, Madison S. (1961), “A New Etymology: Germanic *erma/in(a)- Reconsidered”, in Schmitt, Ludwig Erich, editor, Dichtung und Deutung: Gedächtnisschrift für Hans M. Wolff, Bern; München: Francke Verlag, →OCLC, pages 9–21
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