"finnaz" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Proto-Germanic]

IPA: /ˈɸin.nɑz/
Etymology: Disputed; possible nominalization of unattested *finniz, from earlier *fēnþniz, vṛddhi gerundive of *fanþijaną (“to travel by foot, walk”). Alternatively, according to Huld (1994), from earlier *feznaz (“(free) man”), from Proto-Indo-European *pes- (compare Hittite 𒁉𒌍𒈾𒀸 (pé-eš-na-aš /⁠pešnaš⁠/)). Etymology templates: {{unk|gem-pro|Disputed}} Disputed, {{vrd|gem-pro|*fanþijaną|ger=1|nocap=1|nocat=1|t=to travel by foot, walk}} vṛddhi gerundive of *fanþijaną (“to travel by foot, walk”), {{der|gem-pro|ine-pro|*pes-}} Proto-Indo-European *pes-, {{cog|hit|𒁉𒌍𒈾𒀸|tr=pé-eš-na-aš|ts=pešnaš}} Hittite 𒁉𒌍𒈾𒀸 (pé-eš-na-aš /⁠pešnaš⁠/) Head templates: {{gem-noun|m}} *finnaz m Inflection templates: {{gem-decl-noun}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], finnaz [nominative, singular], finnōz [nominative, plural], finnōs [nominative, plural], finn [singular, vocative], finnōz [plural, vocative], finnōs [plural, vocative], finną [accusative, singular], finnanz [accusative, plural], finnas [genitive, singular], finnis [genitive, singular], finnǫ̂ [genitive, plural], finnai [dative, singular], finnamaz [dative, plural], finnō [instrumental, singular], finnamiz [instrumental, plural]
  1. Sami? Finn? Wikipedia link: Alfred Bammesberger, Theo Vennemann, Torsten Evert Karsten Tags: masculine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-finnaz-gem-pro-noun-aWgpIuUo Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header
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  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/finnaz",
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    },
    {
      "form": "finnōz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finną",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnanz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnamaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnamiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "*finnaz m",
      "name": "gem-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gem-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/finnaz",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Germanic a-stem nouns",
        "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-Germanic masculine nouns",
        "Proto-Germanic nouns",
        "Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-Germanic terms with unknown etymologies",
        "gem-pro:Ethnonyms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sami? Finn?"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Sami",
          "Sami"
        ],
        [
          "Finn",
          "Finn"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Alfred Bammesberger",
        "Theo Vennemann",
        "Torsten Evert Karsten"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɸin.nɑz/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "finnaz"
}

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