Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/arnuz

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

Reanalyzed as a u-stem from *anunz, accusative plural of *arô (“eagle”).[1][2]

Noun

*arnuz m[3][1][2][4]

  1. eagle
    Synonym: *arô

Inflection

Declension of *arnuz (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *arnuz *arniwiz
vocative *arnu *arniwiz
accusative *arnų *arnunz
genitive *arnauz *arniwǫ̂
dative *arniwi *arnumaz
instrumental *arnū *arnumiz

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*aran- 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 32: “ace.pl. *arnuns < *h₃ér-n-n̥s gave rise to a split-off stem *arnu-”
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nedoma, Robert (2018), “Germanic personal names before AD 1000 and their elements referring to birds of prey. With an emphasis upon the runic inscription in the eastern Swedish Vallentuna-Rickeby burial”, in Gersmann, Karl-Heinz, Grimm, Oliver, editors, Raptor and human – falconry and bird symbolism throughout the millennia on a global scale (Advanced studies on the archaeology and history of hunting; 1.1–1.4), Kiel; Hamburg: Wachholtz Verlag – Murmann Publishers, →ISBN, page 1590: “the accusative plural in PGmc. *-n-unz served as pivot that triggered a new u-stem paradigm *arnu-”
  3. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*arnuz ~ arnaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 24
  4. ^ Torp, Alf (1919), “Ørn”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), pages 884-885: “*arnu-”
  5. ^ Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “*arn?”, in Altsächsisches Wörterbuch‎[3] (in German), 5th edition
  6. ^ Nedoma, Robert (2018), “Germanic personal names before AD 1000 and their elements referring to birds of prey. With an emphasis upon the runic inscription in the eastern Swedish Vallentuna-Rickeby burial”, in Gersmann, Karl-Heinz, Grimm, Oliver, editors, Raptor and human – falconry and bird symbolism throughout the millennia on a global scale (Advanced studies on the archaeology and history of hunting; 1.1–1.4), Kiel; Hamburg: Wachholtz Verlag – Murmann Publishers, →ISBN, page 1589: “OHG pl. erni < *arniwiz that later adopted an i-stem inflection: pl. erni → sg. arn”
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