Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hersô

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 reconstructions

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱérh₂sō (“top of the head/skull”), from the root *ḱerh₂s- (“head”).[1]

Noun

*hersô n

  1. (anatomy) crown of the head

Inflection

Declension of *hersô (neuter an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hersô *hersōnō
vocative *hersô *hersōnō
accusative *hersô *hersōnō
genitive *hirsiniz *hersanǫ̂
dative *hirsini *hersammaz
instrumental *hirsinē *hersammiz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: hjarsi, hjassi
    • Icelandic: hjarsi, hjassi
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: hjasse
    • Swedish: hjässa
    • Old Danish: jassæ, jæssæ, jessæ, issæ
      • Danish: isse
        • Norwegian Bokmål: isse
          • → Norwegian Nynorsk: isse

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hersan- ~ *herzan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 221-2: “*hersan-”
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