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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hattuz

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

Of unclear origin.

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰnú-, from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to guard, cover, protect, care for”), and compared with Latin cassis (“helmet”).

However, Kroonen notes that the term looks like a derivative from the accusative plural, *hattuns, of an unattested n-stem noun *haþō, and reconstructs the Proto-Indo-European form as *kHt-nú- instead. He deduces a possible relation to Old High German hadara (“patch, goat skin”) and Old Norse haðna (“young goat”), and links these terms to Proto-Italic *katelos (“young animal”); see there for more.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑt.tuz/

Noun

*hattuz m

  1. hat

Inflection
u-stemDeclension of *hattuz (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hattuz *hattiwiz
vocative *hattu *hattiwiz
accusative *hattų *hattunz
genitive *hattauz *hattiwǫ̂
dative *hattiwi *hattumaz
instrumental *hattū *hattumiz

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *hattu
  • Old Norse: hǫttr, hattr (the latter form perhaps borrowed into West Norse from East Norse)
  • → Proto-Finnic: *hattu

References
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