Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/strumpaz

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *strampaz

Etymology

According to Pfeiffer, from a Proto-Indo-European *stremb-, *stremp- (“stump, short”), from a nasal labial extension of *sterh₁- (“to be stiff”); compare Proto-Germanic *staraz (“stiff”), as well as Latvian strumps (“short”), which appears to be particularly close in formation.

Noun

*strumpaz m

1. stem, stalk

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *strumpaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*strumpaz	*strumpōz, *strumpōs
vocative	*strump	*strumpōz, *strumpōs
accusative	*strumpą	*strumpanz
genitive	*strumpas, *strumpis	*strumpǫ̂
dative	*strumpai	*strumpamaz
instrumental	*strumpō	*strumpamiz

Descendants

• Old Frisian: strumphalt
• Old Saxon: *strump
  • Middle Low German: strump
    • Low German: strumpel
      • → Dutch: stromp
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: strømpe
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: strump, strømpe
    • → Swedish: strumpa
    • → Danish: strumpe, strømpe
• Old Dutch:
  • Middle Dutch: strompen
    • Dutch: strompen, strompelen
• Old High German: *strumpf
  • Middle High German: strumpf
    • German: Strumpf
    • Hunsrik: Strump
    • Luxembourgish: Strëmp
• Old Norse: *stroppr
  • Norwegian: stropp (dialectal)