Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrinþaz

< Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic

Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrinþaz

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

• *hrindaz
• *hrunþaz

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrént-os ~ *ḱrn̥t-és-s, from the root *ḱer- (“head; horn”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxrin.θɑz/

Noun

*hrinþaz n[1]

1. A horned beast, as in a neat or ox

Inflection

z-stemDeclension of *hrinþaz (z-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hrinþaz	*hrinþizō
vocative	*hrinþaz	*hrinþizō
accusative	*hrinþaz	*hrinþizō
genitive	*hrinþiziz	*hrinþizǫ̂
dative	*hrinþizi	*hrinþizumaz
instrumental	*hrinþizē	*hrinþizumiz

Related terms

• *hersô
• *herznô
• *hurną
• *hurznutō

 

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hrinþ
  • Old English: hrīþ (< nom.sg.), hrīþer (< nom.pl.)
    • Middle English: rother, reother, rither, rether
      • English: rother
  • Old Frisian: hrīther (< nom.pl.)
    • North Frisian: ridder
    • West Frisian: rier
  • Old Saxon: hrīth, *hrinth, *hrind
    • Middle Low German: rint
      • Low German: Rind
  • Old Dutch: hrind, rind
    • Middle Dutch: rint, rent
  • Old High German: rind, hrind
    • Middle High German: rint
      • Alemannic German: Rind
      • Central Franconian: Rend, Renk; Rond, Rönd
      • German: Rind
      • Hunsrik: Rind
      • Luxembourgish: Rand
      • Vilamovian: rynd

References

1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hrinþiz ~ *hrunþiz”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 247–248