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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwōstô
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *hwōsaną (“to cough”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxʷɔː.stɔːː/
Noun
*hwōstô m[1]
- cough
Inflection
| masculine an-stemDeclension of *hwōstô (masculine an-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *hwōstô | *hwōstaniz | |
| vocative | *hwōstô | *hwōstaniz | |
| accusative | *hwōstanų | *hwōstanunz | |
| genitive | *hwōstiniz | *hwōstanǫ̂ | |
| dative | *hwōstini | *hwōstammaz | |
| instrumental | *hwōstinē | *hwōstammiz | |
Descendants
- Old English: hwōsta
- Middle Low German: hwōste
- Old High German: huosto
- German: Husten
- Old Norse: hósti
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*hwōstōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 202