Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hauhaz

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 *kówk-o-s, nominal derivation of Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“to elevate”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑu̯.xɑz/

Adjective

*hauhaz (comparative *hauhizô, superlative *hauhistaz)[1]

  1. high
    Antonym: *deupaz, *lēgaz

Inflection

Declension of *hauhaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *hauhaz *hauhō *hauhą, -atō *hauhai *hauhôz *hauhō
accusative *hauhanǭ *hauhǭ *hauhą, -atō *hauhanz *hauhōz *hauhō
genitive *hauhas, -is *hauhaizōz *hauhas, -is *hauhaizǫ̂ *hauhaizǫ̂ *hauhaizǫ̂
dative *hauhammai *hauhaizōi *hauhammai *hauhaimaz *hauhaimaz *hauhaimaz
instrumental *hauhanō *hauhaizō *hauhanō *hauhaimiz *hauhaimiz *hauhaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *hauhô *hauhǭ *hauhô *hauhaniz *hauhōniz *hauhōnō
accusative *hauhanų *hauhōnų *hauhô *hauhanunz *hauhōnunz *hauhōnō
genitive *hauhiniz *hauhōniz *hauhiniz *hauhanǫ̂ *hauhōnǫ̂ *hauhanǫ̂
dative *hauhini *hauhōni *hauhini *hauhammaz *hauhōmaz *hauhammaz
instrumental *hauhinē *hauhōnē *hauhinē *hauhammiz *hauhōmiz *hauhammiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hauha-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 215
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