Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/upp

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

  • *eup, *ūp

Etymology

    The form is from either *ub + a nasal affix representing an earlier *up-nó, related to *uppai (earlier *up-nóy) and *ubanē; or by analogy with *uppai.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /upː/

    Adverb

    *upp

    1. up, upwards

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    Gothic shows a peculiar full-grade *eup-, while West Germanic shows a secondary "full-grade" *ūp(ą) (Middle English oup, German auf); for the same treatment compare *īn(ą) (German ein) and *ūt(ą) (German aus).

    • Proto-West Germanic: *upp, *ūp
      • Old English: upp, up, ūp
      • Old Frisian: uppa, oppa, up, op
        • North Frisian:
          • Sylt: üp
        • Saterland Frisian: op, ap
        • West Frisian: op
      • Old Saxon: ūp
        • Middle Low German: up
          • German Low German: up, op
      • Old Dutch: ūp
        • Middle Dutch: op
          • Dutch: op, (dialectal) oep
          • West Flemish: up, ip
      • Old High German: ūf
        • Middle High German: ūf
        • Old Rhine Franconian: uf
          • Middle Rhine Franconian: uf
            • Rhine Franconian: uff, off
              Pennsylvania German: uff
              Hunsrik: uff
        • Old Central Franconian: *up
          • Middle Central Franconian: up
            • Central Franconian: op
              Kölsch: op
    • Old Norse: upp
      • Icelandic: upp
      • Faroese: upp
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: upp
      • Old Swedish: up
      • Danish: op
        • Norwegian Bokmål: opp
          • Norwegian Nynorsk: opp
    • Gothic: 𐌹𐌿𐍀 (iup)

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2011), The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN