Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hailaz

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑi̯.lɑz/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (healthy, whole). Cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *káilas (> Proto-Slavic *cělъ (whole), Old Prussian kailūstiskan (health)), as well as the marginally attested Ancient Greek κοἶλυ (koîlu, goodness, beauty).[1]

Adjective

*hailaz

  1. whole, unbroken, intact
  2. entire, complete
  3. hale, healthy, sound
    1. hail!
Inflection
Declension of *hailaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *hailaz *hailō *hailą, -atō *hailai *hailôz *hailō
accusative *hailanǭ *hailǭ *hailą, -atō *hailanz *hailōz *hailō
genitive *hailas, -is *hailaizōz *hailas, -is *hailaizǫ̂ *hailaizǫ̂ *hailaizǫ̂
dative *hailammai *hailaizōi *hailammai *hailaimaz *hailaimaz *hailaimaz
instrumental *hailanō *hailaizō *hailanō *hailaimiz *hailaimiz *hailaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *hailô *hailǭ *hailô *hailaniz *hailōniz *hailōnō
accusative *hailanų *hailōnų *hailô *hailanunz *hailōnunz *hailōnō
genitive *hailiniz *hailōniz *hailiniz *hailanǫ̂ *hailōnǫ̂ *hailanǫ̂
dative *hailini *hailōni *hailini *hailammaz *hailōmaz *hailammaz
instrumental *hailinē *hailōnē *hailinē *hailammiz *hailōmiz *hailammiz
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Probably of similar derivation to the above.[1] Per Matasovic, potentially related to Proto-Brythonic *koɨl (omen, augury) (whence Welsh coel (belief, trust)), Latin caelum (sky),[2] though Kroonen rejects relations to the Italo-Celtic forms.

Noun

*hailaz n

  1. omen, portent
Inflection
Declension of *hailaz (z-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hailaz *hailizō
vocative *hailaz *hailizō
accusative *hailaz *hailizō
genitive *hailiziz *hailizǫ̂
dative *hailizi *hailizumaz
instrumental *hailizē *hailizumiz
Derived terms
Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*haila-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 200
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kaylo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 197-8