User:Burgundaz/Germanic neologisms

For translating/updating Proto-Germanic to modern times, and for fun, of course. (With inspiration from Rua's page of the same.)

Notes:

(*) words that did exist in some form, ie. attested;

(**) words that could have existed, but didn't or aren't attested.

I prefer to use the early derivation-type word-formation of Germanic, but I will not stray from late compound word-formation.

Terms

 * element
 * **frumą - n.a
 * As from thematic *frumaz, "first". Another interesting formation would be **frumundą, as if derived from *frumô, and sort of in parallel to Latin elementum.
 * **gadailiz - f.i
 * An "associated part".
 * **stigą - n.a
 * An "ascending (series)"; translating and somewhat calquing Ancient Greek στοιχεῖον.
 * -gen
 * **-kundą - n. a, "that which is born(/come)"
 * Derived from *kundaz, "born" > **kundą, "that which is born". Since (pre-)Germanic grammaticalized voicing (or accent) of the dental suffix formation to distinguish two important verbs, *kunþaz vs *kundaz, it seems likely that **ǵn̥h₁tós > *ǵń̥h₁tom would maintain the same voicing distinction.
 * Also a transposed dual meaning of **kundaz < *gʷm̥tós, "come", could be construed as **kundą, "that which is come (from)", if Germanic had maintained that formation. (If it wouldn't have also maintained a voicing distinction with that verbal paradigm as well, as if **kumþaz; cf. Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌵𐌿𐌼𐌸𐍃).

Dinosaurs

 * dinosaur
 * **atalasurbą - n, "terrible crawler, creeper"
 * Transposing PIE *serp- to Germanic as a class 3 verb **serfaną, "to crawl, creep", we can derive a completely regular agentive **surbô, "crawler", which presumably when genericized as applied to a class, would give **surbaz.
 * dinosauria
 * **atalasurbiją, "(collectively) dinosaurs"

Sauropods

 * sauropod
 * **surbafōts, "crawler foot"

Theropods
Excluding birds.
 * theropod
 * **deuzafōts, "beast foot"
 * Tyrannosaurus rex
 * Druhtinasurbaz waldô
 * From *druhtinaz, "warlord" + crawler & *waldô, "ruler (by might)"

Mammals

 * carnivora
 * carnivore
 * ''**flaiskae-tijô, "flesh glutton"
 * **flaiskafadô, "flesh eater"
 * **flaiskakur(r)ô, "flesh devourer"
 * herbivora
 * herbivore
 * **wurtifadô - m.n, "plant eater"
 * ''**wurtijētijô - m.n, "plant glutton"
 * **wurtikur(r)ô - m.n, "plant devourer"
 * mammal
 * **brustalą - n.a, "one pertaining to breasts"
 * mammalia
 * **brustalją - n.a, "(collectively) mammals"