Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/heuhmô

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

From Pre-Germanic *kéwkmō, *kéwkmon-, from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (to elevate; height).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxeu̯x.mɔːː/

Noun

*heuhmô m[1]

  1. (East Germanic) mass, multitude, heap

Inflection

Declension of *heuhmô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *heuhmô *heuhmaniz
vocative *heuhmô *heuhmaniz
accusative *heuhmanų *heuhmanunz
genitive *hiuhminiz *heuhmanǫ̂
dative *hiuhmini *heuhmammaz
instrumental *hiuhminē *heuhmammiz

Descendants

  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌼𐌰 (hiuhma)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*heuhman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 224