Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/upp
Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *eup, *ūp
Etymology
The form is from either *ub + a nasal affix representing an earlier *up-nó, related to *uppai (earlier *up-nóy) and *ubanē; or by analogy with *uppai.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /upː/
Adverb
*upp
Related terms
Derived terms
- *upp-
- *upphiminaz
- *uppijaną
Descendants
Gothic shows a peculiar full-grade *eup-, while West Germanic shows a secondary "full-grade" *ūp(ą) (Middle English oup, German auf); for the same treatment compare *īn(ą) (German ein) and *ūt(ą) (German aus).
- Proto-West Germanic: *upp, *ūp
- Old Norse: upp
- Gothic: 𐌹𐌿𐍀 (iup)
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2011), The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN