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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-snō

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
  • *-isnō, *-usnō, *-asnjō

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-sneh₂.

Suffix

*-snō f[1]

  1. Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument.

Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *-snō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *-snō *-snôz
vocative *-snō *-snôz
accusative *-snǭ *-snōz
genitive *-snōz *-snǫ̂
dative *-snōi *-snōmaz
instrumental *-snō *-snōmiz

Synonyms

Derived terms
Proto-Germanic terms suffixed with *-snō

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *-snu
    • Old English: -sn
    • Old Saxon: *-sna
    • Old Dutch: *-sna
    • Old High German: -sna, -nsa
  • Gothic: -𐌰𐍃𐌽𐌰 (-asna), -𐍃𐌽𐌰 (-sna)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*alansō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 20
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