Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tussjā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tusjǭ, from Proto-Germanic *tūsōną (“to pull, tease, ruffle”). Compare Old Norse tuska (“to knock, jab, jerk, upbraid”), Faroese tuska (“to knock, bang, thrash”), Icelandic tuska (“duckcloth”).

Noun

*tussjā f[1]

  1. course cloth, duckcloth

Inflection

ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *tussjā
Genitive *tussjōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *tussjā *tussjōn
Accusative *tussjōn *tussjōn
Genitive *tussjōn *tussjōnō
Dative *tussjōn *tussjōm, *tussjum
Instrumental *tussjōn *tussjōm, *tussjum

Descendants

  • Old English: tysse
  • Old High German: zussa
    • Middle High German: zusse

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 223: “PWGmc *tusʲsʲā”
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