Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/harugaz

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 Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂k- (“fenced or enclosed area”), from *ḱerh₂-, from which also *hurną (“horn”). Cognate with Latin carcer (“fence; prison”), Irish carn (“heap of stones”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxɑ.ru.ɣɑz/

Noun

*harugaz m

Sanctuary; halidom; grove.
Pile of stones; (heathen) altar.

Inflection

Declension of *harugaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*harugaz	harugōz, harugōs
vocative	*harug	harugōz, harugōs
accusative	*harugą	*haruganz
genitive	harugas, harugis	*harugǫ̂
dative	*harugai	*harugamaz
instrumental	*harugō	*harugamiz

Coordinate terms

*alhs (“temple”)
*blōtahūsą (“house of worship”)
*gudahūsą (“temple”, literally “god-house”)
*wīhą (“sanctuary; idol”)

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *harug
- Old English: hearg; hearga
  - Middle English: harogh (byform of Middle English halwe)
  - Middle English: Harwe, Harrough (various placenames)
    - English: Harrow (in place names)
- Old Saxon: harug
- Old High German: harug, haruc, haruch
- → Latin: haraho (Ripuarian Laws)
Old Norse: hǫrgr
- Icelandic: hörgur m
- Faroese: hørgur m
- Norwegian Nynorsk: horg m
- Norwegian Bokmål: horg m
- Old Swedish: hargher m
  - Swedish: harg c, horg c, horv c
- Danish: harg c, hørg c

References

haruga in: Wörterbuch der Indogermanischen Sprachen: Dritter Teil: Wortschatz der Germanischen Spracheinheit (Dictionary of the Indo-European Languages: Third Part: Vocabulary of the Germanic Language Unity) by August Fick with contributions by Hjalmar Falk, entirely revised by Alf Torp in 1909.