Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hultą
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
Inflection edit
neuter a-stemDeclension of *hultą (neuter a-stem) | |||
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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 Norse: holt
References edit
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “hulta”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 254
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1493, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1493