Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/uhnaz

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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

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Alternative forms

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  • *ugnaz (North Germanic)
  • *ufnaz (North Germanic, West Germanic)

Etymology

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Ascribed to a Proto-Indo-European root *h₂uk-, *h₂ewk- (a closed container or vessel for cooking; cookpot; oven) or similar by equation with Sanskrit उखा (ukhā), Albanian anë, Ancient Greek ἰπνός (ipnós), Latin ōlla. It is unclear whether the byform *ufnaz (Proto-West Germanic *ofn) is the same word, or represents a different word altogether.

Kroonen suggests that the word is a Wanderwort from a pre-IE substrate language. Native terms for ovens and stoves are not taken for granted: the East Slavic term плита́ (plitá, stove) appears from Ancient Greek in the Middle Ages, against the earlier new formation печь (pečʹ, oven), and Arabic, in a warmer climate, seems to have many but no native terms: أَتُّون (ʔattūn), تَنُّور (tannūr), فُرْن (furn), قَمِين (qamīn).

Noun

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*uhnaz m

  1. oven; furnace

Inflection

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masculine a-stemDeclension of *uhnaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *uhnaz *uhnōz, *uhnōs
vocative *uhn *uhnōz, *uhnōs
accusative *uhną *uhnanz
genitive *uhnas, *uhnis *uhnǫ̂
dative *uhnai *uhnamaz
instrumental *uhnō *uhnamiz

Descendants

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