Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hultą

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 neuter root noun *kóld, *kld-és (“wooden piece”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”). Compare Proto-Slavic *kòlda (“block, log”), Ancient Greek κλάδος (kládos, “branch, shoot”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Pokorny reference points to wrong entry - should be fixed.”)

Noun

*hultą n

1. wood

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hultą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hultą	*hultō
vocative	*hultą	*hultō
accusative	*hultą	*hultō
genitive	*hultas, *hultis	*hultǫ̂
dative	*hultai	*hultamaz
instrumental	*hultō	*hultamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *holt
  • Old English: holt
    • Middle English: holt
      • English: holt, hoult (obsolete)
      • Scots: holt
  • Old Frisian: holt
    • North Frisian: holt
    • Saterland Frisian: Holt
    • West Frisian: hout
  • Old Saxon: holt
    • Middle Low German: holt
      • German Low German: Holt
      • Plautdietsch: Holt
  • Old Dutch: holt
    • Middle Dutch: hout
      • Dutch: hout
        • Afrikaans: hout
      • Limburgish: hówtj
  • Old High German: holz
    • Middle High German: holz
      • Bavarian:

        Cimbrian: hòltz

        Mòcheno: holz

      • Central Franconian:

        Hunsrik: Hols

        Luxembourgish: Holz

      • German: Holz
      • Rhine Franconian:

        Frankfurterisch: hold̥s

        Pennsylvania German: Hols

      • Vilamovian: hułc
      • Yiddish: האָלץ (holts)
• Old Norse: holt
  • Icelandic: holt
  • Faroese: holt
  • Norwegian: holt
  • Old Swedish: hult
    • Swedish: holt, hult
  • Danish: holt
  • Old Gutnish: hult