Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/asjǭ

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Proto-Germanic

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Etymology

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Noun

*asjǭ f^[1]

soapstone

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *asjǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*asjǭ	*asjōniz
vocative	*asjǭ	*asjōniz
accusative	*asjōnų	*asjōnunz
genitive	*asjōniz	*asjōnǫ̂
dative	*asjōni	*asjōmaz
instrumental	*asjōnē	*asjōmiz

Descendants

Old High German: essa (“forge, melting-oven”)
- Middle High German: esse
  - German: Esse (“chimney”) (regional)
Old Norse: esja
- Old Swedish: æsia
  - Swedish: ässja
- Danish: esse
→ Proto-Samic: *āšō (see there for further descendants)
→ Proto-Finnic: *ahjo (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*asjōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 38

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*asjōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 38

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