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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, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”).[1][2] Compare Proto-Slavic *kòlda (“block, log”), Ancient Greek κλάδος (kládos, “branch, shoot”).

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
        • 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
        • 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
  • Old Norse: holt

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “hulta”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 254
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1493, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1493
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