Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/staumaz

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 earlier *staubmaz (with loss of the *b triggered by preceding an *m in a heavy syllable), from *staubaz (“dust”), related to *steubaną (“to fly about, fume”). The quasi-Proto-Indo-European reconstruction is *stowbʰ-mo-s.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈstɑu̯.mɑz/

    Noun

    *staumaz m

    1. steam, vapour

    Inflection

    Declension of *staumaz (masculine a-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *staumaz *staumōz, *staumōs
    vocative *staum *staumōz, *staumōs
    accusative *staumą *staumanz
    genitive *staumas, *staumis *staumǫ̂
    dative *staumai *staumamaz
    instrumental *staumō *staumamiz

    Descendants

    • Proto-West Germanic: *staum
      • Old English: stēam
      • Old Frisian: *stām
      • Old Saxon: *stōm
      • Old Dutch: *stōm
    • (Old Norse: *staumr; *stauma, *steyma (verb))
      • Norwegian: stamma (verb), stamba (verb) (dialectal)
      • Swedish: stimma (noun & verb), stimba (noun & verb) (dialectal)
      • → Scots: stim (noun)

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*stauma-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 475
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