Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hajaz

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 *kéHy-os, from *keHy- (“to be hot”).

Noun

*hajaz n^[1]

heat

Inflection

z-stemDeclension of *hajaz (z-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hajaz	*hajizō
vocative	*hajaz	*hajizō
accusative	*hajaz	*hajizō
genitive	*hajiziz	*hajizǫ̂
dative	*hajizi	*hajizumaz
instrumental	*hajizē	*hajizumiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *haij (“heat”)
- Old Dutch: *hei
  - Middle Dutch: hei
    - ⇒ Dutch: heiig
- Old High German: hei
  - ⇒ Old High German: gehei
    - Alemannic German: gehei
Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍃 (hais, “torch”)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*haj(j)a-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 203: “*koi-io-(?)”

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*haj(j)a-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 203: “*koi-io-(?)”

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