Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hīwą

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 *ḱey- (“to be lying down”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxiː.wɑ̃/

Noun

*hīwą n^[1]

marriage
Synonym: *leugō

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hīwą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hīwą	*hīwō
vocative	*hīwą	*hīwō
accusative	*hīwą	*hīwō
genitive	hīwas, hīwis	*hīwǫ̂
dative	*hīwai	*hīwamaz
instrumental	*hīwō	*hīwamiz

Derived terms

*hīwiskiją

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *hīw
- Old English: *hīw
  - ⇒ Old English: hīwcund
Old Norse: *hý
- ⇒ Old Norse: hýbýli pl n
Gothic: *𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍅 (*heiw)
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰 (heiwafrauja)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hiwōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 227

[Kroonen-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hiwōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 227

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