Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þusiþaz

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

The past participle of a lost verb, *þusjaną (to be calm), from Proto-Indo-European *tews- (to be happy). Cognate with Sanskrit तुष्यति (túṣyati, to be satisfied, to become calm).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθu.si.θɑz/

Adjective

*þusiþaz[1]

  1. silent

Inflection

Declension of *þusiþaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *þusiþaz *þusiþō *þusiþą, *-at(ō) *þusiþai *þusiþôz *þusiþō
accusative *þusiþanǭ *þusiþǭ *þusiþą, *-at(ō) *þusiþanz *þusiþōz *þusiþō
genitive *þusiþas, *þusiþis *þusiþaizōz *þusiþas, *þusiþis *þusiþaizǫ̂ *þusiþaizǫ̂ *þusiþaizǫ̂
dative *þusiþammai *þusiþaizōi *þusiþammai *þusiþaimaz *þusiþaimaz *þusiþaimaz
instrumental *þusiþanō *þusiþaizō *þusiþanō *þusiþaimiz *þusiþaimiz *þusiþaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *þusiþô *þusiþǭ *þusiþô *þusiþaniz *þusiþōniz *þusiþōnō
accusative *þusiþanų *þusiþōnų *þusiþô *þusiþanunz *þusiþōnunz *þusiþōnō
genitive *þusiþiniz *þusiþōniz *þusiþiniz *þusiþanǫ̂ *þusiþōnǫ̂ *þusiþanǫ̂
dative *þusiþini *þusiþōni *þusiþini *þusiþammaz *þusiþōmaz *þusiþammaz
instrumental *þusiþinē *þusiþōnē *þusiþinē *þusiþammiz *þusiþōmiz *þusiþammiz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: þystr
    • Norwegian: tyst
    • Old Swedish: þyster, tøster
    • Elfdalian: tyst
    • Old Danish: *tyst in thyster

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þusiþa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 554