Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/haupaz

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 forms

  • *hūpô, *hūfô

Etymology

From earlier *hauppaz, reflecting pre-Germanic *kouHp-nó- or *keh₂up-nó-, probably part of an ablauting n-stem paradigm *haufô ~ *huppaz, from which *hūpô also split off; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂wp- (“heap, pile”), a stem of unusual formation. Related to Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬊𐬟𐬀 (kaofa, “mountain, hump”), Old Irish cúan (“pile”), Lithuanian kaũpas (“heap”), Proto-Slavic *kupъ (“heap”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑu̯.pɑz/

Noun

*haupaz m

  1. (West Germanic) heap, pile
  2. (West Germanic) crowd, throng

Inflection

Declension of *haupaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *haupaz *haupōz, *haupōs
vocative *haup *haupōz, *haupōs
accusative *haupą *haupanz
genitive *haupas, *haupis *haupǫ̂
dative *haupai *haupamaz
instrumental *haupō *haupamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *haup
    • Old English: hēap
    • Old Frisian: hāp
      • Saterland Frisian: Hoop
      • West Frisian: heap
    • Old Saxon: hōp
    • Old Dutch: *hōp
    • Old High German: houf
      • Middle High German: houf
        • German: Haufen (merged with *hūpô)
    • → Old French: houpe

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*haupa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 216-7
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