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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fuþiz

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

From Proto-Indo-European *putis.[1] Possibly related to *putós (“vulva; anus”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɸu.θiz/

Noun

*fuþiz f[1]

  1. vagina

Inflection
i-stemDeclension of *fuþiz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *fuþiz *fuþīz
vocative *fuþi *fuþīz
accusative *fuþį *fuþinz
genitive *fuþīz *fuþjǫ̂
dative *fuþī *fuþimaz
instrumental *fuþī *fuþimiz
  • *futtǭ

Descendants
  • Old High German: *fut
  • Old Norse: fuð

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*fuþi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 162
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