Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/upp

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 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

  1. up, upwards

Derived terms

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 English: upp, up, ūp
    • Old Frisian: uppa, oppa, up, op
      • North Frisian:
        • Sylt: üp
      • Saterland Frisian: op, ap
      • West Frisian: op
    • Old Saxon: ūp
      • Middle Low German: up
        • German Low German: up, op
    • Old Dutch: ūp
      • Middle Dutch: op
        • Dutch: op, (dialectal) oep
        • West Flemish: up, ip
    • Old High German: ūf
      • Middle High German: ūf
      • Old Rhine Franconian: uf
        • Middle Rhine Franconian: uf
          • Rhine Franconian: uff, off
            Pennsylvania German: uff
            Hunsrik: uff
      • Old Central Franconian: *up
        • Middle Central Franconian: up
          • Central Franconian: op
            Kölsch: op
  • Old Norse: upp
    • Icelandic: upp
    • Faroese: upp
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: upp
    • Old Swedish: up
    • Danish: op
      • Norwegian Bokmål: opp
        • Norwegian Nynorsk: opp
  • Gothic: 𐌹𐌿𐍀 (iup)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2011), The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN