Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/herþrą

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

Uncertain. Perhaps from either Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker(t)- (“to cut, divide”) (to which Orel compares Proto-West Germanic *herþ (“hearth”))[1] or *ḱerd- (“heart”),[2] with the suffix *-þrą. Compare Lithuanian kartóklys (“omasum”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxer.θrɑ̃/

Noun

*herþrą n

  1. (anatomy) innards; guts; internal organs

Inflection

Declension of *herþrą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *herþrą *herþrō
vocative *herþrą *herþrō
accusative *herþrą *herþrō
genitive *herþras, *hirþris *herþrǫ̂
dative *herþrai *herþramaz
instrumental *herþrō *herþramiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *herþr
    • Old English: hreþer
    • Old High German: *herdar
      • ⇒ Old High German: smalaherdar (“small intestine, gut”)
  • Old Norse: hreðr
    • Icelandic: hreður
    • ⇒ Icelandic: hreðjar
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍂𐌰 (hairþra) (plural)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xerþraz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 170–171
  2. ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1988) The Proto-Indo-European Instrument Noun Suffix *-tlom and its Variants (Historisk-filosofiske Meddelelser; 55), Copenhagen: Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, →ISBN, page 21
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