Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aspō
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From an apparent Proto-Indo-European *Hosp- (“aspen, poplar”), though the distribution is limited to northern languages spoken in regions where the tree inhabits. Indo-European cognates include Welsh aethnen, Latvian apse, Lithuanian ēpušė (dialectal ãpušė), Old Prussian abse and Proto-Slavic *opsa (along with its suffixed variants *osìna and Southern *esìka), all meaning “aspen”.[1][2]
Noun
[edit]*aspō f[1]
Inflection
[edit]| ō-stemDeclension of *aspō (ō-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *aspō | *aspôz | |
| vocative | *aspō | *aspôz | |
| accusative | *aspǭ | *aspōz | |
| genitive | *aspōz | *aspǫ̂ | |
| dative | *aspōi | *aspōmaz | |
| instrumental | *aspō | *aspōmiz | |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *aspu
- Old Norse: ǫsp
- →? Proto-Finnic: *haapa (metathesized from *šapa?) (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
[edit]- Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “Aspen, poplar”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 33
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*aspō- ~ *apsō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 39
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*opsa; *osìna; *esìka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 378