Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/habukaz

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 ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“seize”), but in view of Proto-Slavic *kobь̀cь, *kobъzъ (“small bird of prey: falcon ~ sparrowhawk ~ merlin ~ buzzard”) apparently from a word along the lines of *kobʰuǵos. Kroonen (2013), however, considers the sound correspondences between the words in different Indo-European branches to be too irregular and thus views it as a Wanderwort rather than a common PIE inheritance.[1] Note also Latin capys, capus (“bird of prey”) and Albanian gabonjë (“eagle, griffon vulture, hawk”), themselves of unknown and likely substrate origin. If the Slavic cognate is a native formation, the Germanic may have been borrowed from it at an early stage prior to Grimm's law.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    *habukaz m

    1. hawk

    Inflection

    Declension of *habukaz (masculine a-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *habukaz *habukōz, *habukōs
    vocative *habuk *habukōz, *habukōs
    accusative *habuką *habukanz
    genitive *habukas, *habukis *habukǫ̂
    dative *habukai *habukamaz
    instrumental *habukō *habukamiz

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*habuka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 197–198
    2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xaƀukaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 148
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