Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/haiduz
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
Apparently identical to Sanskrit केतु (ketú, “brightness, light; appearance, form, mark”), from Proto-Indo-European *koytús, from the root *(s)keyt- (“clear, bright, shining”), whence also *haidraz (“clear, bright”).[1] (A pre-form *keydʰ- is also possible.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
*haiduz m[1]
- manner, way
- personality, character
- appearance, aspect
- rank, degree, status
- state, condition
- kind, sort; gender
- (in compounds) -hood
Inflection edit
u-stemDeclension of *haiduz (u-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *haiduz | *haidiwiz | |
vocative | *haidu | *haidiwiz | |
accusative | *haidų | *haidunz | |
genitive | *haidauz | *haidiwǫ̂ | |
dative | *haidiwi | *haidumaz | |
instrumental | *haidū | *haidumiz |
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *haidu; *-haidu, *-haidi
- Old Norse: heiðr
- Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍃 (haidus)
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*xaiduz ~ *xaidiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 151