Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hrātu
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
Unknown; possibly from Proto-Germanic *hrētō, from a metathesized form of Proto-Indo-European *ker-d- (“to twist, weave”), suffixed form of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Albanian krodhë (“beehive”). Compare also Proto-Germanic *hrōtą (“roof”) and Proto-Slavic *korda (“pile of logs”).[1]
Noun edit
*hrātu f
Reconstruction notes edit
The initial *h- is not attested in any Germanic descendant, however can be reconstructed from the Latin loanword frata, which substituted f- for this sound, as the velar fricative was foreign to Latin.
Inflection edit
ō-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *hrātu | |
Genitive | *hrātā | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *hrātu | *hrātō |
Accusative | *hrātā | *hrātā |
Genitive | *hrātā | *hrātō |
Dative | *hrātē | *hrātōm, *hrātum |
Instrumental | *hrātu | *hrātōm, *hrātum |
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xrētō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 187