Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrōtą

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kerd- (“to cut (wood)? > to craft?”); compare Proto-Slavic *korda (“pile of logs”),[1][2] and perhaps also Proto-Celtic *kerdā (“craft, skill”) and Ancient Greek κέρδος (kérdos, “profit”). Has also been compared to Old Armenian խրճիթ (xrčitʿ, “hut, cabin”), but J̌ahukyan considers this unlikely.[3] Proto-West Germanic *hrātu (“honeycomb”) may also be related.[1]

Noun

*hrōtą n[1]

roof
Synonym: *hrōfą

Inflection

Declension of *hrōtą (a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hrōtą	*hrōtō
Vocative	*hrōtą	*hrōtō
Accusative	*hrōtą	*hrōtō
Genitive	*hrōtas, -is	*hrōtǫ̂
Dative	*hrōtai	*hrōtamaz
Instrumental	*hrōtō	*hrōtamiz

Descendants

Old Norse: hrót (“roof”)
- Icelandic: hrót
Gothic: 𐌷𐍂𐍉𐍄 (hrōt, “roof”)

References

Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*xrōtan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 188
Derksen, Rick (2008), “*korda”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 234–235
J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “խրճիթ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik

[HGE-1] Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*xrōtan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 188

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*korda”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 234–235

[3] J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “խրճիթ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik