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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hiwją
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Disputed. Either from Proto-Indo-European *kew-, *ḱew- (“skin, cuticle, hide; beauty, splendour”) or from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“grey, dark shade”), or a merger of the two.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxiw.jɑ̃/
Noun
*hiwją n
- appearance, blee
- form, shape
- mold, mildew
Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *hiwją (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *hiwją | *hiwjō | |
vocative | *hiwją | *hiwjō | |
accusative | *hiwją | *hiwjō | |
genitive | *hiwjas, *hiwis | *hiwjǫ̂ | |
dative | *hiwjai | *hiwjamaz | |
instrumental | *hiwjō | *hiwjamiz |
Descendants
- Old English: hīw, hīew
- Middle English: hewe
- Scots: hew, hu, hue
- English: hue
- Middle English: hewe
- Old Norse: hý
- Icelandic: hý, hé
- Faroese: hýggj
- Norwegian: hy
- Old Swedish: hȳ
- Swedish: hy
- Gutnish: höi
- → Northern Sami: uvja
- Gothic: 𐌷𐌹𐍅𐌹 (hiwi)
- → Proto-Finnic: *hipjä (“skin”), *hibus (“hair”)
- → Proto-Samic: *ipjë (“dust”)
From Pre-Germanic *hewjam, *hewjan:
- → Proto-Finnic: *heben (“single hair, fluff”), ? *häwjä > *häivä > Finnish häivä
- → Proto-Samic: *jievjë (“white (of fur, hair)”)
- → Pre-Sami: *kepji
- Samic: *këpjë
- Northern Sami: gavja (“dust”)
- Skolt Sami: kõbjj (“dandruff”)
- Samic: *këpjë