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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sanþaz

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₁s-ónt-s (being, existing), the present participle of *h₁es- (to be) (from which the present forms of *wesaną). Particularly close cognates semantically include Hittite [script needed] (ašant-, true, real), Sanskrit सन्त् (sánt, being, real, good), Latin sōns (guilty).[1] Compare also *sundī (guilt, misdeed), an abstract noun derived from *h₁sóntih₂, genitive *h₁sn̥tyéh₂s, the feminine form of the participle.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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*sanþaz

  1. true, truthful, correct

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “sanþa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 427