Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hōkīn
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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *hōk (“buck, goat”) + *-īn (diminutive ending). According to Kroonen, borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate language.[1] Possibly cognate with Proto-Slavic *kozà (e.g. Russian коза́ (kozá, “goat”), Serbo-Croatian ко̀за (“goat”) and Old Church Slavonic коза (koza, “goat”)), however common Indo-European inheritance is impossible due to the absence of application of Winter's law in the Slavic forms. Compare also Albanian kedh (“kid”).
Noun
[edit]*hōkīn n[1]
Inflection
[edit]| Neuter a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *hōkīn | |
| Genitive | *hōkīnas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hōkīn | *hōkīnu |
| Accusative | *hōkīn | *hōkīnu |
| Genitive | *hōkīnas | *hōkīnō |
| Dative | *hōkīnē | *hōkīnum |
| Instrumental | *hōkīnu | *hōkīnum |