Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hultą

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

Possibly from a neuter root noun *kóld, *kld-és, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (to beat, break).[1][2] Compare Proto-Slavic *kòlda (block, log), Ancient Greek κλάδος (kládos, branch, shoot).

Noun edit

*hultą n

  1. wood

Inflection edit

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hultą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hultą *hultō
vocative *hultą *hultō
accusative *hultą *hultō
genitive *hultas, *hultis *hultǫ̂
dative *hultai *hultamaz
instrumental *hultō *hultamiz

Descendants edit

  • Proto-West Germanic: *holt
    • Old English: holt
      • Middle English: holt
        • English: holt, hoult
        • Scots: holt
    • Old Frisian: holt
      • North Frisian: holt
      • Saterland Frisian: Holt
      • West Frisian: hout
    • Old Saxon: holt
      • Middle Low German: holt
        • German Low German: Holt
        • Plautdietsch: Holt
    • Old Dutch: holt
    • Old High German: holz
  • Old Norse: holt

References edit

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “hulta”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 254
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1493, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1493