Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ansuz

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 *h₂émsus, from *h₂ems- (“to engender, beget”). Compare Hittite 𒈗𒍑 (ḫa-aš-šu-uš /⁠ḫaššuš⁠/, “king”), Avestan 𐬀𐬵𐬎 (ahu, “lord”), 𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬎 (aŋhu, “lord; life, existence”), Sanskrit असु (ásu, “spirit, life-force, life”), असुर (ásura, “godlike, powerful”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑn.suz/

Noun

*ansuz m

1. deity, god

   Synonyms: *gudą, *tīwaz

2. (Runic alphabet) name of the rune ᚨ (a)

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *ansuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ansuz	*ansiwiz
vocative	*ansu	*ansiwiz
accusative	*ansų	*ansunz
genitive	*ansauz	*ansiwǫ̂
dative	*ansiwi	*ansumaz
instrumental	*ansū	*ansumiz

Derived terms

• *Ansugīslaz
• *Ansulaibaz
• *Ansuwaldaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *ansu
  • Old English: ōs, *ās
  • Old High German: ans
  • Old Saxon: ās, ōs
• Proto-Norse: *ᚨᛊᚢᛉ (*asuʀ)
  • ⇒ Proto-Norse: ᚨᛊᚢᚷᛁᛊᚨᛚᚨᛉ (asugisalaʀ)
  • Old Norse: áss
    • Icelandic: ás m
      • → Swedish: as c
        • → Finnish: aasa
      • → Danish: as c
    • Faroese: ásur m
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: ås m
    • Norwegian Bokmål: ås m
    • → Swedish: ås c (learned)
• Gothic: *𐌰𐌽𐍃𐌿𐍃 (*ansus)
  • → Latin: Ansis (from the plural)
• Vandalic: *ans-