Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hazwaz

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

Alternative forms

*harwaz

Etymology

Unknown, but could have been from Pre-Germanic *koswós or *korwós.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxɑz.wɑz/

Noun

*hazwaz m

flax
Synonym: *flahsą
linen
Synonym: *līną

Inflection

Declension of *hazwaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hazwaz	hazwōz, hazwōs
vocative	*hazw	hazwōz, hazwōs
accusative	*hazwą	*hazwanz
genitive	hazwas, hazwis	*hazwǫ̂
dative	*hazwai	*hazwamaz
instrumental	*hazwō	*hazwamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *haʀu
- Old Frisian: har, her
  - Saterland Frisian: Harrel
- Old Saxon: *har (in harluf)
  - ⇒ Middle Low German: harle, herle
    - Low German: harle
    - → English: harl
    - → Scots: harle, harl
- Old High German: har; haro
  - Middle High German: har
    - German: Haar
Old Norse: hǫrr
- Icelandic: hör
- Faroese: hørur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: horr; (dialectal) hørr
- Old Swedish: hør
  - Swedish: hör
- Danish: hør
  - Norwegian Bokmål: hør