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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/huzdą
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Uncertain.[1] Possibly from pre-Germanic *kudʰ-tó-m, with *-zd- perhaps arising from a special Germanic case of Bartholomae's law (but *-ss- is expected; cf. *(ga)wissiz < *wédʰtis), from Proto-Indo-European *kewdʰ- (“to cover, conceal, hide”) (compare Ancient Greek κεύθω (keúthō, “to cover, hide”), Proto-Brythonic *kʉðɨd (“to hide”) and Proto-Germanic *hūdijaną (“to hide”)) + *-tóm, thus the original meaning would be “that which is concealed or hidden”.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxuz.dɑ̃/
Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *huzdą (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *huzdą | *huzdō | |
vocative | *huzdą | *huzdō | |
accusative | *huzdą | *huzdō | |
genitive | *huzdas, *huzdis | *huzdǫ̂ | |
dative | *huzdai | *huzdamaz | |
instrumental | *huzdō | *huzdamiz |
Derived terms
Related terms
- *hūdijaną
- *huzdijǭ
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xuzđan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 196
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*huzda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 260
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