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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hōhô
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱok-h₂-[1]. Cognate with Sanskrit शाखा (śākhā, “branch”), Russian соха́ (soxá, “wooden plough”), Armenian ցախ (cʿax, “branch”), Lithuanian šakà (“branch”), Old Irish géc (“branch”) and Persian شاخ (šâx, “branch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxɔː.xɔːː/
Noun
*hōhô m[1]
- plough
Inflection
| masculine an-stemDeclension of *hōhô (masculine an-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *hōhô | *hōhaniz | |
| vocative | *hōhô | *hōhaniz | |
| accusative | *hōhanų | *hōhanunz | |
| genitive | *hōhiniz | *hōhanǫ̂ | |
| dative | *hōhini | *hōhammaz | |
| instrumental | *hōhinē | *hōhammiz | |
Descendants
- Gothic: 𐌷𐍉𐌷𐌰 (hōha)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hohan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 239