Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þinhtaz

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *þinhtijaz, *þinhtuz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tenk-to-s, from *tenk- (to contract). Cognate with Sanskrit तञ्च् (tañc, to contract, coagulate); see there for more cognates.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθĩːx.tɑz/

Adjective

*þinhtaz

  1. tight

Inflection

Declension of *þinhtaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *þinhtaz *þinhtō *þinhtą, -atō *þinhtai *þinhtôz *þinhtō
accusative *þinhtanǭ *þinhtǭ *þinhtą, -atō *þinhtanz *þinhtōz *þinhtō
genitive *þinhtas, -is *þinhtaizōz *þinhtas, -is *þinhtaizǫ̂ *þinhtaizǫ̂ *þinhtaizǫ̂
dative *þinhtammai *þinhtaizōi *þinhtammai *þinhtaimaz *þinhtaimaz *þinhtaimaz
instrumental *þinhtanō *þinhtaizō *þinhtanō *þinhtaimiz *þinhtaimiz *þinhtaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *þinhtô *þinhtǭ *þinhtô *þinhtaniz *þinhtōniz *þinhtōnō
accusative *þinhtanų *þinhtōnų *þinhtô *þinhtanunz *þinhtōnunz *þinhtōnō
genitive *þinhtiniz *þinhtōniz *þinhtiniz *þinhtanǫ̂ *þinhtōnǫ̂ *þinhtanǫ̂
dative *þinhtini *þinhtōni *þinhtini *þinhtammaz *þinhtōmaz *þinhtammaz
instrumental *þinhtinē *þinhtōnē *þinhtinē *þinhtammiz *þinhtōmiz *þinhtammiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *þį̄ht(ī)
    • Old English: *þīht, *þiht (in combination: meteþiht)
    • Old Frisian: *thīcht
    • Old Saxon: *thīht, *thīhti
    • Old Dutch: *thīhti
    • Old High German: dīhti
  • Old Norse: þéttr

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þinhtu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 543