Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/herutaz
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”) + *-utaz. Cognate with Lithuanian karvė (“cow”), Russian коро́ва (koróva, “cow, neat”), Latin cervus (“deer, stag”), Welsh carw (“hart, stag”). Alternatively, from a regular development of *ḱérh₂tos, with PIE *-H- > PGmc *-u- in non-initial syllables,[1][2] cf. Old High German anut (“duck”) < PGmc *anud- < Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂t-. The latter may be likelier as *-utaz is unknown as an affix in PGmc.
Noun
[edit]*herutaz m
Inflection
[edit]| masculine a-stemDeclension of *herutaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *herutaz | *herutōz, *herutōs | |
| vocative | *herut | *herutōz, *herutōs | |
| accusative | *herutą | *herutanz | |
| genitive | *herutas, *herutis | *herutǫ̂ | |
| dative | *herutai | *herutamaz | |
| instrumental | *herutō | *herutamiz | |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *herut
- Old Norse: hjǫrtr
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, D. (2017). From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic Vol 1. 2nd ed. Oxford: OUP. p. 98
- ^ Bennett. W.H. (1978). 'The Germanic reflex of Indo-European /ǝ/ in originally medial syllables', in Jazayery, M.A., Polomé, E., and Winter. W. (edd.), Linguistic and literary studies in honor of Archibald A. Hill. III: Historical and comparative linguistics (The Hague: Mouton) 13-8.