Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/handu
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *handuz.
Noun
edit*handu f[1]
- hand
- a unit of length
Inflection
editu-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *handu | |
Genitive | *handō | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *handu | *handiwi, *handō |
Accusative | *handu | *handū |
Genitive | *handō | *handiwō |
Dative | *handiwi, *handō | *handum |
Instrumental | *handu | *handum |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Old English: hand, hond
- Old Frisian: hond, hand
- Old Saxon: hand
- Old Dutch: hant
- Old High German: hant
References
edit- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 287: “PWGmc *handu”