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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hīwô
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to be lying down”).[1]
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈxiː.wɔːː/
Noun
*hīwô n[1]
- married couple, household
Inflection
| neuter an-stemDeclension of *hīwô (neuter an-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *hīwô | *hīwōnō | |
| vocative | *hīwô | *hīwōnō | |
| accusative | *hīwô | *hīwōnō | |
| genitive | *hīwiniz | *hīwanǫ̂ | |
| dative | *hīwini | *hīwammaz | |
| instrumental | *hīwinē | *hīwammiz | |
Derived terms
- *hīwōnō
Descendants
- ⇒ Old Norse: hjá
- Icelandic: hjá
- Faroese: hjá
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hjå
- Old Swedish: hiā
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hiwōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 227