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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þimistraz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Pre-Germanic *temHesros (dark), with epenthetic -t-, from Proto-Indo-European *temHes-, s-stem formed to the root *temH-. Cognate with Sanskrit तमिस्र (tamisra, dark), Lithuanian tamsa (darkness), Latin tenebrae (darkness). Also compare Proto-Germanic *þiustrijaz (dark; gloomy; obscure), which Gąsiorowski considers to be etymologically identical.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθi.mis.trɑz/

Adjective

*þimistraz

  1. dark, dusky

Inflection


  • *þimrą
  • *þimzaz

Descendants

Several descendants are from a variant *finistraz, in which the dental and labial articulations switched their positions.

Further reading

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill

References

  1. Piotr Gąsiorowski (2012), The Germanic reflexes of PIE *-sr- in the context of Verner's Law,
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