Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sūz

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 *suH- (“pig, hog, swine”). See there for cognates.

Noun

*sūz f

1. sow (female pig)
2. pig, swine

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *sūz (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sūz	*suwiz
vocative	*sū	*suwiz
accusative	*suwų	*suwunz
genitive	*suwiz	*sūǫ̂
dative	*suwi	*suwumaz
instrumental	*sūē	*suwumiz

Related terms

• *sugō
  • Proto-West Germanic: *sugu

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sū
  • Old English: sū
  • Old Saxon: sū
  • Old High German: sū
    • Middle High German: sū
      • Alemannic German: Suu, Sou, Sau
      • Central Franconian: Sau, Sou (spelling variant, chiefly used for Moselle Franconian dialects)

        Hunsrik: Sau

      • German: Sau
      • Luxembourgish: Sau
      • Rhine Franconian:

        Pennsylvania German: Sau

      • Vilamovian: zaoj
• Old Norse:
  • Old West Norse: sýr, *sōʀ — Old East Norse
    • Icelandic: sýr
    • Faroese: súgv
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: su
  • Old East Norse: *sōʀ
    • Old Swedish: sō
      • Swedish: so
    • Danish: so