Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/haupaz

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

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From earlier *hauppaz, reflecting pre-Germanic *kouHp-nó- or *keh₂up-nó-, probably part of an ablauting n-stem paradigm *haufô ~ *huppaz, from which *hūpô also split off; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂wp- (heap, pile), a stem of unusual formation. Related to Proto-Slavic *kupъ (heap), Lithuanian kaūpas (heap).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

*haupaz m

  1. (West Germanic) heap, pile
  2. (West Germanic) crowd, throng

Inflection edit

masculine a-stemDeclension of *haupaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *haupaz *haupōz, *haupōs
vocative *haup *haupōz, *haupōs
accusative *haupą *haupanz
genitive *haupas, *haupis *haupǫ̂
dative *haupai *haupamaz
instrumental *haupō *haupamiz

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 216–217