Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwōstô

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 *hwōsaną (“to cough”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxʷɔː.stɔːː/

Noun

*hwōstô m^[2]

cough

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *hwōstô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hwōstô	*hwōstaniz
vocative	*hwōstô	*hwōstaniz
accusative	*hwōstanų	*hwōstanunz
genitive	*hwōstiniz	*hwōstanǫ̂
dative	*hwōstini	*hwōstammaz
instrumental	*hwōstinē	*hwōstammiz

Derived terms

*hwōstōną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *hwōstō
- Old English: hwōsta
  - Middle English: host
    - English: whoost, hoost
- Old Saxon: *hwōsto
  - Middle Low German: hôste
- Old Dutch: *huosto
  - Middle Dutch: hoeste
    - Dutch: hoest
      - Afrikaans: hoes
- Old High German: huosto
  - Middle High German: huoste
    - German: Husten
    - → Yiddish: הוסט (hust)
Old Norse: hósti
- Icelandic: hósti
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hoste
- Old Swedish: hosta
  - Swedish: hosta
- Old Danish: hostæ
  - Danish: hoste
    - Norwegian Bokmål: hoste

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hwōstan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 268
^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*hwōstōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 202

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hwōstan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 268

[HGE-2] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*hwōstōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 202

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