Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hanþaz

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

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *ḱóntos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent- (“to stab”). Related to *hinþaną (“to reach for, obtain”); see there for more cognates (which Kroonen gives for this entry, but not for *hinþaną).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑn.θɑz/

Adjective

*hanþaz

  1. (North Germanic) sharp, clever

Inflection

Declension of *hanþaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *hanþaz *hanþō *hanþą, -atō *hanþai *hanþôz *hanþō
accusative *hanþanǭ *hanþǭ *hanþą, -atō *hanþanz *hanþōz *hanþō
genitive *hanþas, -is *hanþaizōz *hanþas, -is *hanþaizǫ̂ *hanþaizǫ̂ *hanþaizǫ̂
dative *hanþammai *hanþaizōi *hanþammai *hanþaimaz *hanþaimaz *hanþaimaz
instrumental *hanþanō *hanþaizō *hanþanō *hanþaimiz *hanþaimiz *hanþaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *hanþô *hanþǭ *hanþô *hanþaniz *hanþōniz *hanþōnō
accusative *hanþanų *hanþōnų *hanþô *hanþanunz *hanþōnunz *hanþōnō
genitive *hanþiniz *hanþōniz *hanþiniz *hanþanǫ̂ *hanþōnǫ̂ *hanþanǫ̂
dative *hanþini *hanþōni *hanþini *hanþammaz *hanþōmaz *hanþammaz
instrumental *hanþinē *hanþōnē *hanþinē *hanþammiz *hanþōmiz *hanþammiz
  • *hanþōną
  • *hanþraz/*hanþaraz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: *hannr, sjónhannr

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hanþa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 210
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