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. However, the laryngeal reconstruction is problematic. Compare also Middle Low German stram and German stramm (“tight, taught; upright, erect”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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

Related terms

• [Term?]
  • German: strampeln

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *strump
  • ⇒ Old Frisian: strump-halt
  • 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)