Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hulwiją

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

Etymology

From *hulaz, *hulhwaz (“hollow”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to tend, lean, incline, bend, tip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxul.wi.jɑ̃/

Noun

*hulwiją n

1. depression, hollow

Inflection

neuter ja-stemDeclension of *hulwiją (neuter ja-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hulwiją	*hulwijō
vocative	*hulwiją	*hulwijō
accusative	*hulwiją	*hulwijō
genitive	*hulwijas, *hulwīs	*hulwijǫ̂
dative	*hulwijai	*hulwijamaz
instrumental	*hulwijō	*hulwijamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hulwī
  • Old English: holh
    • Middle English: holgh
      • English: hollow
  • Old High German: huliwa, hulia f
    • Middle High German: hülwe, hulwe
• Old Norse: hylr m
  • Icelandic: hylur
  • Faroese: hylur
  • Norwegian: høl, hyl
  • Danish: hyl, høl