Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snuzō

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

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snusós (“daughter-in-law”). The remaking to an ō-stem (for an expected a-stem) is linked to the disappearance of feminine thematic stems in Germanic. Compare Proto-Slavic *snъxa (formally identical; both possibly from Proto-Indo-European *snuséh₂) and Latin nurus (remade as an u-stem).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsnu.zɔː/

Noun

*snuzō f

daughter-in-law

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *snuzō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*snuzō	*snuzôz
vocative	*snuzō	*snuzôz
accusative	*snuzǭ	*snuzōz
genitive	*snuzōz	*snuzǫ̂
dative	*snuzōi	*snuzōmaz
instrumental	*snuzō	*snuzōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *snuʀu
- Old English: snoru
- Old Frisian: snore
- Old Saxon: *snura, *snora
  - Middle Low German: snare, snore, snōr
- Old Dutch: *snura
  - Middle Dutch: snore, snoere, snare
    - Dutch: snaar, snoer
- Old High German: snura
  - Middle High German: snuor, snur
    - Alemannic German: Schnuer
    - German: Schnur (obsolete)
    - Luxembourgish: Schnauer
    - Yiddish: שנור‎ (shnur)
Old Norse: snor, snør
- Icelandic: snör
Crimean Gothic: schuos (presumably a misspelling of *schnos)

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