Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fuþiz

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

Possibly rebuilt from an-stem *feuþô ~ *futtaz,[1] from pre-Proto-Germanic *péut-ō ~ *put-nós, from Proto-Indo-European *pewt-, cognate with Latin pūtos (“penis”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸu.θiz/

Noun

*fuþiz f[1]

vagina

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *fuþiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fuþiz	*fuþīz
vocative	*fuþi	*fuþīz
accusative	*fuþį	*fuþinz
genitive	*fuþīz	*fuþjǫ̂
dative	*fuþī	*fuþimaz
instrumental	*fuþī	*fuþimiz

Alternative reconstructions

*futtiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *futi
- Old Saxon: *fut
  - Middle Low German: vut, vot, fut
    - → Dutch: vot
    - → Middle High German: vut, fut
      - Central Franconian: Fott
      - German: Fut
Old Norse: fuð
- Icelandic: fuð
- Norwegian: fud
- Scots: fud

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fuþi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 162

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[Kroonen-1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fuþi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 162