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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aflaz

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

Undetermined; Kroonen suggests a relationship to Hittite 𒄩𒀊𒁉𒈾𒀸 (ḫa-ap-pé-na-aš /⁠ḫappenas⁠/, “fire pit, oven”, gen. sg.), so that both would be from a Proto-Indo-European amphikinetic l/n-stem *h₂épōl or *h₂épl̥, genitive *h₂pnós (compare the derivation of *aplaz). On the other hand, this Hittite term may instead be related to a widespread Wanderwort from which may have come also Germanic *ufnaz,[1] or alternatively from a root *h₃ep- (“to bake”).[2] Likewise, a substrate origin for *aflaz cannot be ruled out.

Noun

*aflaz m[1]

  1. (North Germanic) hearth

Inflection
Declension of *aflaz (a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
Nominative *aflaz *aflōz, -ōs
Vocative *afl *aflōz, -ōs
Accusative *aflą *aflanz
Genitive *aflas, -is *aflǫ̂
Dative *aflai *aflamaz
Instrumental *aflō *aflamiz


Descendants
  • Old Norse: afl
    • Icelandic: afl
    • Faroese: alvur, alvi

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*afla- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 3
  2. Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “ḫapn- / ḫappen-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 297
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