Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hiwją

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

Disputed. Either from Proto-Indo-European *kew-, *ḱew- (“skin, cuticle, hide; beauty, splendour”) or from Proto-Indo-European *ḱyeh₁- (“grey, dark shade”), or a merger of the two. Compare Sanskrit छवि (chavi, “skin, beauty”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxiw.jɑ̃/

Noun

*hiwją n

Inflection

Declension of *hiwją (neuter ja-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hiwją	*hiwjō
vocative	*hiwją	*hiwjō
accusative	*hiwją	*hiwjō
genitive	hiwjas, hiwis	*hiwjǫ̂
dative	*hiwjai	*hiwjamaz
instrumental	*hiwjō	*hiwjamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *hiwi
- Old English: hīew, hīw
  - Middle English: hewe
    - Scots: hew, hu, hue
    - English: hue
Old Norse: hý
- Icelandic: hý, hé
- Faroese: hýggj
- Norwegian: hy
- Old Swedish: hȳ
  - Swedish: hy
  - → Danish: hy (archaic)
- Gutnish: höi
- → Proto-Samic: *(h)uvjë (“down”) (see there for further descendants)

Gothic: 𐌷𐌹𐍅𐌹 (hiwi)
→ Proto-Finnic: *hipjä (“skin”) (see there for further descendants)
→ Proto-Samic: *ipjë (“dust”)
- Southern Sami: ïbje

From Pre-Germanic *hewjam, *hewjan:

→ Proto-Finnic: *heben (“single hair, fluff”)
- Finnish: heven, hepene
? → Proto-Finnic: *häivä (< *häwjä)
- Finnish: häivä
→ Proto-Samic: *jievjë (“white (of fur, hair)”) (see there for further descendants)
→ Pre-Sami: *kepji
- Proto-Samic: *këpjë (see there for further descendants)