Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hurhwą

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

Possibly from a Pre-Germanic *kr̥k-wo-, which Kroonen suggests might be connected with Middle Irish corcach (“moor”), for a Proto-Indo-European *kork-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxur.xʷɑ̃/

Noun

*hurhwą n

dirt, mucus, dirty substance

Inflection

Declension of *hurhwą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hurhwą	*hurhwō
vocative	*hurhwą	*hurhwō
accusative	*hurhwą	*hurhwō
genitive	hurhwas, hurhwis	*hurhwǫ̂
dative	*hurhwai	*hurhwamaz
instrumental	*hurhwō	*hurhwamiz

Derived terms

*hurhwīgaz
*hurhwijaną
*hurhwōną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *horhu
- Old English: horh, horg, horu
  - Middle English: hore
- Old Frisian: hore
- Old Saxon: horo, horu
  - Middle Low German: hōre, hōr, hāre, hār
- Old Dutch: horo
  - Middle Dutch: hōre
    - Dutch: hore
- Old High German: horo
  - Middle High German: hore, hor
    - German: Hor
Old Norse: horr
- Icelandic: hor

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN