Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/halþaz
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The past participle of an unattested verb *halaną (“to slope; be inclined”).[1] From Proto-Indo-European *kelH-, *ḱel- (“to tend, lean, incline, bend, tip”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]*halþaz[1]
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *halþaz (a-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *halþaz | *halþai | *halþō | *halþôz | *halþą, *-at(ō) | *halþō |
| accusative | *halþanǭ | *halþanz | *halþǭ | *halþōz | *halþą, *-at(ō) | *halþō |
| genitive | *halþas, *halþis | *halþaizǫ̂ | *halþaizōz | *halþaizǫ̂ | *halþas, *halþis | *halþaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *halþammai | *halþaimaz | *halþaizōi | *halþaimaz | *halþammai | *halþaimaz |
| instrumental | *halþanō | *halþaimiz | *halþaizō | *halþaimiz | *halþanō | *halþaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *halþô | *halþaniz | *halþǭ | *halþōniz | *halþô | *halþōnō |
| accusative | *halþanų | *halþanunz | *halþōnų | *halþōnunz | *halþô | *halþōnō |
| genitive | *halþiniz | *halþanǫ̂ | *halþōniz | *halþōnǫ̂ | *halþiniz | *halþanǫ̂ |
| dative | *halþini | *halþammaz | *halþōni | *halþōmaz | *halþini | *halþammaz |
| instrumental | *halþinē | *halþammiz | *halþōnē | *halþōmiz | *halþinē | *halþammiz |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *halþ
- Old Norse: hallr
- Gothic: *𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (*halþs)
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹 (wiljahalþei)
- → Proto-Finnic: *kaldas (see there for further descendants)