Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hehlǭ

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 *ḱé-ḱl(h₁)-eh₂- or *ḱí-ḱel(h₁)-eh₂-, an old reduplicated stem from the root *ḱel(h₁)- (“cold, frozen”).[1][2] Compare Lithuanian šalnà, šarma (“hoarfrost”), Proto-Slavic *solnà (“hoarfrost”) and especially Sanskrit शिशिर (śíśira, “cool, cold; hoarfrost”) (unless from *ḱey-).

Noun

*hehlǭ f[2]

hoarfrost
Synonym: *hrīmô

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *hehlǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hehlǭ	*hehlōniz
vocative	*hehlǭ	*hehlōniz
accusative	*hehlōnų	*hehlōnunz
genitive	*hehlōniz	*hehlōnǫ̂
dative	*hehlōni	*hehlōmaz
instrumental	*hehlōnē	*hehlōmiz

Alternative reconstructions

*hihelǭ[1]

Related terms

*hēlaz, *hēlijaz
*haglaz (possibly)

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *hehlā
- Old English: heolca
Old Norse: héla
- Icelandic: héla

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hihelōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 226
Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*xexlōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 168

[EDPG-1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hihelōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 226

[HGE-2] Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*xexlōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 168