Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aflaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic edit

Etymology edit

Undetermined; Kroonen suggests a relationship to Hittite 𒄩𒀊𒁉𒈾𒀸 (ḫa-ap-pé-na-aš /⁠ḫappenas⁠/, fire pit, oven, gen. sg.), so that both would be from a Proto-Indo-European amphikinetic l/n-stem *h₂épōl or *h₂épl̥, genitive *h₂pnós (compare the derivation of *aplaz). On the other hand, this Hittite term may instead be related to a widespread Wanderwort from which may have come also Germanic *ufnaz,[1] or alternatively from a root *h₃ep- (to bake).[2] Likewise, a substrate origin for *aflaz cannot be ruled out.

Noun edit

*aflaz m[1]

  1. (North Germanic) hearth

Inflection edit


Descendants edit

  • Old Norse: afl

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*afla- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 3
  2. ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “ḫapn- / ḫappen-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 297