Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hundaz

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 *kun-tós, *ḱwn̥tós, an enlargement of Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”).[1] For the enlargement compare Old Armenian սկունդ (skund, “dog, puppy”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈxun.dɑz/

    Noun

    *hundaz m

    1. dog
      Hypernyms: *brakkô, *rakkuz, *bikjǭ, *hruþjô, *hwelpaz, *garmaz

    Inflection

    Declension of *hundaz (masculine a-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *hundaz *hundōz, *hundōs
    vocative *hund *hundōz, *hundōs
    accusative *hundą *hundanz
    genitive *hundas, *hundis *hundǫ̂
    dative *hundai *hundamaz
    instrumental *hundō *hundamiz

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hunda- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 256
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