Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/handulausaz

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 *handuz (hand) +‎ *-lausaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑn.du.ˌlɑu̯.sɑz/

Adjective

*handulausaz[1]

  1. handless

Inflection

Declension of *handulausaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *handulausaz *handulausō *handulausą, *-at(ō) *handulausai *handulausôz *handulausō
accusative *handulausanǭ *handulausǭ *handulausą, *-at(ō) *handulausanz *handulausōz *handulausō
genitive *handulausas, *handulausis *handulausaizōz *handulausas, *handulausis *handulausaizǫ̂ *handulausaizǫ̂ *handulausaizǫ̂
dative *handulausammai *handulausaizōi *handulausammai *handulausaimaz *handulausaimaz *handulausaimaz
instrumental *handulausanō *handulausaizō *handulausanō *handulausaimiz *handulausaimiz *handulausaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *handulausô *handulausǭ *handulausô *handulausaniz *handulausōniz *handulausōnō
accusative *handulausanų *handulausōnų *handulausô *handulausanunz *handulausōnunz *handulausōnō
genitive *handulausiniz *handulausōniz *handulausiniz *handulausanǫ̂ *handulausōnǫ̂ *handulausanǫ̂
dative *handulausini *handulausōni *handulausini *handulausammaz *handulausōmaz *handulausammaz
instrumental *handulausinē *handulausōnē *handulausinē *handulausammiz *handulausōmiz *handulausammiz

Descendants

  • Old English: *handlēas
  • Old Frisian: handlās
    • West Frisian: hânleas
  • Old Saxon: *handlōs
    • Middle Low German: hantlōs
  • Old High German: *hantlōs
    • Middle High German: hantlōs
      • German: handlos
  • Old Norse: handlauss
    • Icelandic: handlaus

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xandu-lausaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 159