Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/haugaz

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 *kowk-ó-s (with Verner's law in effect on the second *-k-), from *kewk- (“hill, elevation”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑu̯.ɣɑz/

Noun

*haugaz m

  1. height; hill

Inflection

Declension of *haugaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *haugaz *haugōz, *haugōs
vocative *haug *haugōz, *haugōs
accusative *haugą *hauganz
genitive *haugas, *haugis *haugǫ̂
dative *haugai *haugamaz
instrumental *haugō *haugamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *haug
    • Old Saxon: *hōg
      • Middle Low German: hôch, hö̂
        • German Low German: Hooch, Hööch
      • ⇒ Middle Low German: hö̂chil
        • ⇒ Middle Low German: hö̂chillîn, hö̂chilîn
    • Old High German: houg (in compounds: steinenhoug, marchoug, etc.)
      • Middle High German: houc
      • ⇒ Middle High German: hogil
    • → Old French: hoge (also possibly via Old Norse haugr)
  • Old Norse: haugr

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hauha-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 215: “*hauga-”

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