Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/asnō

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 *(s)h₁es-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑs.nɔː/

Noun

*asnō f^[1]

(West Germanic) harvest, earning, wage

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *asnō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*asnō	*asnôz
vocative	*asnō	*asnôz
accusative	*asnǭ	*asnōz
genitive	*asnōz	*asnǫ̂
dative	*asnōi	*asnōmaz
instrumental	*asnō	*asnōmiz

Related terms

*azaniz

Derived terms

*asnijaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *asnu
- Old Frisian: esna m (“wage”)
- Old Saxon: asna (“wage, tax, interest”)
  - Middle Low German: asne, asnen

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*az(a)niz ~ *asaniz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 31

[HGE-1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*az(a)niz ~ *asaniz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 31

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