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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hulwiją
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to tend, lean, incline, bend, tip”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxul.wi.jɑ̃/
Noun
*hulwiją n
- depression, hollow
Inflection
| neuter ja-stemDeclension of *hulwiją (neuter ja-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *hulwiją | *hulwijō | |
| vocative | *hulwiją | *hulwijō | |
| accusative | *hulwiją | *hulwijō | |
| genitive | *hulwijas, *hulwīs | *hulwijǫ̂ | |
| dative | *hulwijai | *hulwijamaz | |
| instrumental | *hulwijō | *hulwijamiz | |
Descendants
- West Germanic: *hulwī
- Old English: holh
- Middle English: holgh
- English: hollow
- Scots: hallae
- Middle English: holgh
- Old High German: huliwa, hulia
- Middle High German: hülwe, hulwe
- Old English: holh
- Old Norse: hylr
- Icelandic: hylur
- Faroese: hylur
- Norwegian: høl, hul
- Danish: hyl, høl