Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/haltaz

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 Pre-Germanic *koldos, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂-d-. Related to Old Irish coll (destruction).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑl.tɑz/

Adjective

*haltaz

  1. lame, halt

Inflection

Declension of *haltaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *haltaz *haltō *haltą, -atō *haltai *haltôz *haltō
accusative *haltanǭ *haltǭ *haltą, -atō *haltanz *haltōz *haltō
genitive *haltas, -is *haltaizōz *haltas, -is *haltaizǫ̂ *haltaizǫ̂ *haltaizǫ̂
dative *haltammai *haltaizōi *haltammai *haltaimaz *haltaimaz *haltaimaz
instrumental *haltanō *haltaizō *haltanō *haltaimiz *haltaimiz *haltaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *haltô *haltǭ *haltô *haltaniz *haltōniz *haltōnō
accusative *haltanų *haltōnų *haltô *haltanunz *haltōnunz *haltōnō
genitive *haltiniz *haltōniz *haltiniz *haltanǫ̂ *haltōnǫ̂ *haltanǫ̂
dative *haltini *haltōni *haltini *haltammaz *haltōmaz *haltammaz
instrumental *haltinē *haltōnē *haltinē *haltammiz *haltōmiz *haltammiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *halt
    • Old English: halt, healt
    • Old Frisian: halt
    • Old Saxon: halt
    • Old Dutch: *halt
    • Old High German: halz
      • Middle High German: halz
  • Old Norse: haltr
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍄𐍃 (halts)
  • Proto-Finnic: *haltta (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN