Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hattuz
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editOf unclear origin.
Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰnú-, from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to guard, cover, protect, care for”), and compared with Latin cassis (“helmet”).
However, Kroonen notes that the term looks like a derivative from the accusative plural, *hattuns, of an unattested n-stem noun *haþō, and reconstructs the Proto-Indo-European form as *kHt-nú- instead. He deduces a possible relation to Old High German hadara (“patch, goat skin”) and Old Norse haðna (“young goat”), and links these terms to Proto-Italic *katelos (“young animal”); see there for more.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*hattuz m
Inflection
editu-stemDeclension of *hattuz (u-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *hattuz | *hattiwiz | |
vocative | *hattu | *hattiwiz | |
accusative | *hattų | *hattunz | |
genitive | *hattauz | *hattiwǫ̂ | |
dative | *hattiwi | *hattumaz | |
instrumental | *hattū | *hattumiz |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *hattu
- Old Norse: hǫttr, hattr (the latter form perhaps borrowed into West Norse from East Norse)
- → Proto-Finnic: *hattu
References
edit- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 214