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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwōstô

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

From *hwōsaną (to cough).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxʷɔː.stɔːː/

Noun

*hwōstô m[1]

  1. cough

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *hwōstô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hwōstô *hwōstaniz
vocative *hwōstô *hwōstaniz
accusative *hwōstanų *hwōstanunz
genitive *hwōstiniz *hwōstanǫ̂
dative *hwōstini *hwōstammaz
instrumental *hwōstinē *hwōstammiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *hwōstō
    • Old English: hwōsta
    • Old Saxon: *hwōsto
    • Old Dutch: *huosto
    • Old High German: huosto
  • Old Norse: hósti

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*hwōstōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 202
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