Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/haiduz
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editApparently identical to Sanskrit केतु (ketú, “brightness, light; appearance, form, mark”), from Proto-Indo-European *koyt-ús, from the root *keyt- (“clear, bright, shining”), whence also *haidraz (“clear, bright”).[1] A pre-form *keydʰ- is also possible.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*haiduz m[1]
- manner, way
- personality, character
- appearance, aspect
- rank, degree, status
- state, condition
- kind, sort; gender
- (in compounds) -hood
Inflection
editsingular | 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)