Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hagatussjā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Germanic *hagatusjō,[1] from *hagô (enclosure; pasture) +‎ *tusjō (witch, demon) (whence Norwegian tysja (witch, demon)),[2] compare English hedgewitch. Second element perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews- (breath; spirit), whence Proto-Slavic *duxъ (breath; spirit).[3]

Noun edit

*hagatussjā f[3][4]

  1. witch

Inflection edit

ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *hagatussjā
Genitive *hagatussjōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *hagatussjā *hagatussjōn
Accusative *hagatussjōn *hagatussjōn
Genitive *hagatussjōn *hagatussjōnō
Dative *hagatussjōn *hagatussjōm, *hagatussjum
Instrumental *hagatussjōn *hagatussjōm, *hagatussjum

Alternative reconstructions edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ The template Template:R:gem:Johnsen:2005 does not use the parameter(s):
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    Johnsen, Sverre (2005) The Germanic (i)jō-stem declension: Origin and development (PhD thesis)[1], Oslo: University of Oslo, page 73
  2. ^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “häxa”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎[2] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag
  3. 3.0 3.1 Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Hexe”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 308:wg. *haga-tusjō
  4. 4.0 4.1 Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 192:PWGmc *hagatusi, *hagatusʲsʲā-