Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrōþrą

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 *kreH-tro-, from *kreH- (“to shout”). Cognate with Sanskrit कीर्ति (kīrti, “speech, report; fame”) (from the related root कृ (kṛ, “to commemorate, honor”)), Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬐𐬆𐬭𐬆 (carəkərə, “to praise”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈxrɔː.θrɑ̃/

Noun

*hrōþrą n[1]

  1. praise

Inflection

Declension of *hrōþrą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hrōþrą *hrōþrō
vocative *hrōþrą *hrōþrō
accusative *hrōþrą *hrōþrō
genitive *hrōþras, *hrōþris *hrōþrǫ̂
dative *hrōþrai *hrōþramaz
instrumental *hrōþrō *hrōþramiz

Descendants

  • Old English: hrōdor
  • Old Norse: hróðr
    • Icelandic: hróður

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hrōþra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 249
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