Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hitjǭ

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 Proto-Indo-European *kéHid-ih₂ ~ *kHid-yéh₂-s, ultimately from *keHy- (“to heat; to become hot”).^[1]

Noun

*hitjǭ f

heat

Inflection

Declension of *hitjǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hitjǭ	*hitjōniz
vocative	*hitjǭ	*hitjōniz
accusative	*hitjōnų	*hitjōnunz
genitive	*hitjōniz	*hitjōnǫ̂
dative	*hitjōni	*hitjōmaz
instrumental	*hitjōnē	*hitjōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *hittjā
- Old Frisian: hete
- Old Saxon: hittia
- Old Dutch: *hitta
  - Middle Dutch: hitte
    - Dutch: hitte
      - Afrikaans: hitte
      - Negerhollands: hitte, hit, heet
- Old High German: hizzea, hizza
  - Middle High German: hitze
    - Cimbrian: hitze, hitz (Luserna)
    - German: Hitze (see there for further descendants)
    - Luxembourgish: Hëtz
      - ⇒ Luxembourgish: Hëtzt
Old Norse: hita
- Icelandic: hita
- Norwegian: hete
Gothic: 𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍉 (heitō)

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hitjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 227: “*kid-ieh₂-”

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hitjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 227: “*kid-ieh₂-”

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