Reconstruction:Proto-Norse/ᚺᚢᚷᛁᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ

This Proto-Norse 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-Norse

Pronunciation

The spelling of the Latin borrowing Chochilaicus, which represents both the h and g in this name with the digraph ch, indicates that both of the two sounds were fricatives, probably an unvoiced velar fricative /x/ and a voiced velar fricative /ɣ/, respectively.

Etymology

Compound of *ᚺᚢᚷᛁᛉ (*hugiʀ, “thought; mind, spirit, heart”) +‎ *ᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ (*laikaʀ, “play, sport”). Cognate with Old English Hygelāc.

Proper noun

*ᚺᚢᚷᛁᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ (*hugilaikaʀ /Hugilaikaʀ/) m

  1. a male given name
  2. Hygelac, a king of the Geats

Descendants

  • Old Norse: Hugleikr
  • → Latin: Chochilaicus, Hugilaicus
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