Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hunagaswōtuz
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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
From *hunagą (“honey”) + *swōtuz (“sweet”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
*hunagaswōtuz[1]
Inflection edit
Declension of *hunagaswōtuz (u-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *hunagaswōtuz | *hunagaswōtijai | *hunagaswōtī | *hunagaswōtijôz | *hunagaswōtų, *-jatō | *hunagaswōtijō |
| accusative | *hunagaswōtijanǭ | *hunagaswōtijanz | *hunagaswōtijǭ | *hunagaswōtijōz | *hunagaswōtų, *-jatō | *hunagaswōtijō |
| genitive | *hunagaswōtijas, *hunagaswōtīs | *hunagaswōtijaizǫ̂ | *hunagaswōtijaizōz | *hunagaswōtijaizǫ̂ | *hunagaswōtijas, *hunagaswōtīs | *hunagaswōtijaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *hunagaswōtijammai | *hunagaswōtijaimaz | *hunagaswōtijaizōi | *hunagaswōtijaimaz | *hunagaswōtijammai | *hunagaswōtijaimaz |
| instrumental | *hunagaswōtijanō | *hunagaswōtijaimiz | *hunagaswōtijaizō | *hunagaswōtijaimiz | *hunagaswōtijanō | *hunagaswōtijaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *hunagaswōtijô | *hunagaswōtijaniz | *hunagaswōtijǭ | *hunagaswōtijōniz | *hunagaswōtijô | *hunagaswōtijōnō |
| accusative | *hunagaswōtijanų | *hunagaswōtijanunz | *hunagaswōtijōnų | *hunagaswōtijōnunz | *hunagaswōtijô | *hunagaswōtijōnō |
| genitive | *hunagaswōtīniz | *hunagaswōtijanǫ̂ | *hunagaswōtijōniz | *hunagaswōtijōnǫ̂ | *hunagaswōtīniz | *hunagaswōtijanǫ̂ |
| dative | *hunagaswōtīni | *hunagaswōtijammaz | *hunagaswōtijōni | *hunagaswōtijōmaz | *hunagaswōtīni | *hunagaswōtijammaz |
| instrumental | *hunagaswōtīnē | *hunagaswōtijammiz | *hunagaswōtijōnē | *hunagaswōtijōmiz | *hunagaswōtīnē | *hunagaswōtijammiz |
Descendants edit
- Old English: huniġswēte
- Middle Dutch: honichsoet
- Middle High German: honecsüeze
- Old Norse: hunangsœtr
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xunaga-swōtuz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 193