Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stuþs

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

Likely from Pre-Germanic *stút-s, root noun from Proto-Indo-European *stut-, extension of *stew- (“firm”). Compare Latvian stute (“prop, support”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstuθs/

Noun

*stuþs f

1. support, prop, post

Inflection

The oblique has the voiced Verner alternant.

consonant stemDeclension of *stuþs (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*stuþs	*stuþiz
vocative	*stuþ	*stuþiz
accusative	*stuþų	*stuþunz
genitive	*studiz	*studǫ̂
dative	*studi	*studumaz
instrumental	*studē	*studumiz

Derived terms

• *stuþilaz

Related terms

• *stuttijaną
• *stuþjaną
• *stuþōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *stuþ
  • Old English: studu, stuþu
    • Middle English: stude
      • English: stud
      • Scots: stuit
  • Old High German: *stud
    • Middle High German: stud
      • Alemannic German: Stud
      • German: (obsolete) Stud, Studt
• Old Norse: stoð, stuð
  • Icelandic: stoð
  • Old Swedish: stuþ, stoþ, stydh (late)
    • Swedish: stöd

Further reading

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN