Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/helþaz

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

Nominal formation related to *helaną (“to hide, conceal”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxel.θɑz/

Noun

*helþaz m

  1. stack, frame, support

Inflection

Declension of *helþaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *helþaz *helþōz, *helþōs
vocative *helþ *helþōz, *helþōs
accusative *helþą *helþanz
genitive *helþas, *hilþis *helþǫ̂
dative *helþai *helþamaz
instrumental *helþō *helþamiz
  • *helþô

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *helþu
    • Old Saxon: *hiltha
  • Old Norse: hjallr

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xelþōn-”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 168
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