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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hurhwą
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Possibly from a Pre-Germanic *kr̥k-wo-, which Kroonen suggests might be connected with Middle Irish corcach (“moor”), for a Proto-Indo-European *kork-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxur.xʷɑ̃/
Noun
*hurhwą n
- dirt, mucus, dirty substance
Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *hurhwą (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *hurhwą | *hurhwō | |
vocative | *hurhwą | *hurhwō | |
accusative | *hurhwą | *hurhwō | |
genitive | *hurhwas, *hurhwis | *hurhwǫ̂ | |
dative | *hurhwai | *hurhwamaz | |
instrumental | *hurhwō | *hurhwamiz |
Derived terms
- *hurhwīgaz
- *hurhwijaną
- *hurhwōną
Descendants
- Old English: horh, horg, horu
- Middle English: hore
- Old Frisian: hore
- Old Saxon: horo, horu
- Middle Low German: hōre, hōr, hāre, hār
- Old Dutch: horo
- Middle Dutch: hōre
- Dutch: hore
- Middle Dutch: hōre
- Old High German: horo
- Middle High German: hore, hor
- German: Hor
- Middle High German: hore, hor
- Old Norse: horr
- Icelandic: hor
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN