Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hawją
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
According to Kroonen, from a ja-collective form of *hawwaną (“to hew; cut down”) (with quasi-Indo-European form *koh₂w-yo-).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxɑw.jɑ̃/
Noun
*hawją n
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | *hawją | *hawjō |
| vocative | *hawją | *hawjō |
| accusative | *hawją | *hawjō |
| genitive | *hawjas, *hawis | *hawjǫ̂ |
| dative | *hawjai | *hawjamaz |
| instrumental | *hawjō | *hawjamiz |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *hawi
- Old Norse: hey
- Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐍅𐌹 (hawi)
- → Proto-Samic: *āvjē (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hauja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 215