Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hōhô

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 Proto-Indo-European *ḱokh₂-.[1] Cognate with Sanskrit शाखा (śākhā, branch), Russian соха́ (soxá, wooden plough), Armenian ցախ (cʿax, branch), Lithuanian šakà (branch), Old Irish géc (branch) and Persian شاخ (šâx, branch).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

*hōhô m[1]

  1. plough

Inflection edit

masculine an-stemDeclension of *hōhô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hōhô *hōhaniz
vocative *hōhô *hōhaniz
accusative *hōhanų *hōhanunz
genitive *hōhiniz *hōhanǫ̂
dative *hōhini *hōhammaz
instrumental *hōhinē *hōhammiz

Descendants edit

  • Gothic: 𐌷𐍉𐌷𐌰 (hōha)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hohan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 239