Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kurnahūsą

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 *kurną (“corn, grain”) +‎ *hūsą (“house”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈkur.nɑˌxuː.sɑ̃/

Noun edit

*kurnahūsą n^[1]

granary, barn

Inflection edit

neuter a-stemDeclension of *kurnahūsą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kurnahūsą	*kurnahūsō
vocative	*kurnahūsą	*kurnahūsō
accusative	*kurnahūsą	*kurnahūsō
genitive	kurnahūsas, kurnahūsis	*kurnahūsǫ̂
dative	*kurnahūsai	*kurnahūsamaz
instrumental	*kurnahūsō	*kurnahūsamiz

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *kornahūs
- Old English: cornhūs
- Old Saxon: kornhūs
  - Middle Low German: kōrnhūs
- Old High German: kornhūs
  - Middle High German: kornhūs
    - German: Kornhaus
Old Norse: kornhús

References edit

^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*kurna-xūsan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 225

[HGE-1] Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*kurna-xūsan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 225

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