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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hasu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Alternative reconstructions
  • *haswī

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *haswaz.

Adjective

*hasu[1]

  1. grey

Inflection
wa-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *hasu
Genitive *haswas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *hasu *hasu *hasu
Accusative *haswanā *haswā *hasu
Genitive *haswas *hasweʀā *haswas
Dative *hasumē *hasweʀē *hasumē
Instrumental *hasu *hasweʀu *hasu
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *haswē *haswō *hasu
Accusative *haswā *haswā *hasu
Genitive *hasweʀō *hasweʀō *hasweʀō
Dative *haswēm, *hasum *haswēm, *hasum *haswēm, *hasum
Instrumental *haswēm, *hasum *haswēm, *hasum *haswēm, *hasum

Descendants
  • Old English: hasu, heasu
    • ⇒ Middle English: haswed
  • Old Saxon: hasu
  • Old High German: *haswi
    • Middle High German: heswe
  • → Old French: *hasve, have

References
  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 46: “PWGmc *hasu”

See also
Colors in Proto-West Germanic · *farwō (layout · text)
     *blaik, *blank, *hwīt, *blas      *falu, *grāu, *hasu, *grīs, *hair      *blak, *swart
             *raud              *brūn, *erp, *dunn/dusn              *gelu
             *grōnī              *grōnī             
                          *blāu              *blāu
             *blāu              *purpurā             
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