Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-ū

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Proto-Germanic *-unz, from Proto-Indo-European *-ums (u-stem accusative plural), from *-us (u-stem suffix) +‎ *-ms (accusative plural suffix).

    Suffix

    *-ū[1][2]

    1. Forms the accusative plural of masculine/feminine u-stem nouns.
      ‎*sunu (“son”) + ‎-ū → ‎*sunū (“sons”)
    Alternative reconstructions
    • *-ų̄
    Descendants
    • >? Old English: -u (possibly in bordwudu (“shields”), duru (“doors”))
    • >? Old High German: -u (possibly in situ (“habits”))

    Etymology 2

      Inherited from Proto-Germanic *-ū, from Proto-Indo-European *-uh₁ (u-stem instrumental singular), from *-us (u-stem suffix) +‎ *-h₁ (instrumental singular suffix).

      Suffix

      *-ū

      1. Forms the instrumental singular of masculine/feminine u-stem nouns.
        ‎*sunu (“son”) + ‎-ū → ‎*sunū (“with the son”)
      Descendants
      • >? Old High German: -u

      References

      1. ^ Fulk, R[obert] D. (September 2018), chapter 7.25, in A Comparative Grammar of the Early Germanic Languages (Studies in Germanic Linguistics; 3)‎[1], Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, § 164-165.
      2. ^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 376
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