Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs 2

[zyma]

Let's give this a try.

Language: Lemovian
Word: kviunands frastänodheds
IPA: [ˈkʋ̥ɪ̀ʊ̯́nànts fràˈstɛ̂ːnɔ́tˌhěːts]

Edit: Split from the first thread, as it had reached over 100 pages. -Aszev, 2020-05-06

[spanick]

Let's give this a try.

Language: Lemovian
Word: kviunands frastänodheds
IPA: [ˈkʋ̥ɪ̀ʊ̯́nànts fràˈstɛ̂ːnɔ́tˌhěːts]

Is it a noun phrase?

[zyma]

Let's give this a try.

Language: Lemovian
Word: kviunands frastänodheds
IPA: [ˈkʋ̥ɪ̀ʊ̯́nànts fràˈstɛ̂ːnɔ́tˌhěːts]

Is it a noun phrase?

[spanick]

Is Kviunands a present participle?

[zyma]

Is Kviunands a present participle?

[J_from_Holland]

Comes kviunands from *kwīnandz?

[zyma]

Comes kviunands from *kwīnandz?

It does not.

[spanick]

Did the verb begin with *kw in PG?

[zyma]

Did the verb begin with *kw in PG?

[qwed117]

From **kwiknaną?

[zyma]

From **kwiknaną?

Essentially.

[spanick]

Is frastänodheds composed of multiple morpheme but only one root (not a compound)?

[zyma]

Is frastänodheds composed of multiple morpheme but only one root (not a compound)?

[zyma]

Language: Lemovian
Word: kviunands frastänodheds
IPA: [ˈkʋ̥ɪ̀ʊ̯́nànts fràˈstɛ̂ːnɔ́tˌhěːts]

• It is a noun phrase.
• kviunands is the present participle of a verb deriving from *kwiknaną.
• frastänodheds is made up of multiple morphemes, but there is only one root. It is not a compound.

As a hint, frastänodheds consists of five morphemes.

[Salmoneus]

Are they, broadly speaking:
fra-
-stan-
-od-
-het-
s

?

[zyma]

Are they, broadly speaking:
fra-
-stan-
-od-
-het-
s

?

fra-stän-od-hed-s

[Salmoneus]

Do these correspond to:

fra-, fram, furi-, furai-? (any or all - they're largely merged in most daughter languages)

standana/sta:na? (either of the verbs for 'to stand')

something else I can't guess at...

haiduz? (the -heit/-hood suffix)?

genitive singular -as/-is?

[zyma]

fra-, fram, furi-, furai-? (any or all - they're largely merged in most daughter languages)

*fra- is specifically what I had in mind.

standana/sta:na? (either of the verbs for 'to stand')

haiduz? (the -heit/-hood suffix)?

It could potentially be helpful for me to note that this suffix was borrowed from Middle Low German rather than inherited directly from Proto-Germanic.

genitive singular -as/-is?

It was nominative singular, but as I've noted below, including this suffix on this particular word was a mistake on my part.

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My apologies - I've just realized that the phrase should actually be kviunande frastänodhed. The only difference has to do with grammatical gender, so nothing has changed in terms of meaning.

[zyma]

kviunande

• The present participle of a verb deriving from Proto-Germanic *kwiknaną.
• Modifies the head of the noun phrase, and therefore takes the feminine nominative singular agreement suffix -e.

frastänodhed

• The head of the noun phrase.
• Made up of four morphemes, but only one root: fra-stän-od-hed.
• The first morpheme is descended from Proto-Germanic *fra-.
• The second morpheme is not descended from Proto-Germanic *standaną or *stāną.
• The fourth morpheme is equivalent to the English suffix -hood, but was borrowed from Middle Low German rather than directly inherited from Proto-Germanic *haiduz.

Some additional information that may be helpful:

• The root of frastänodhed is -stän-.
• frastänodhed is a noun derived from the past participle of a verb.

[zyma]

If anyone's still interested in guessing, I could give some additional information. Or should I just reveal the meaning so someone else can take the next turn?