Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hulis
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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
Unknown; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to sting, prick”),[1][2] or perhaps borrowed from some substrate language.[3] Compare Old English holen (“holly”), Old Norse hulfr (“holly”), Proto-Celtic *kolinos (“holly tree”) (whence Old Irish cuilenn, Welsh celyn).
Noun edit
*hulis m
Inflection edit
| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *hulis | |
| Genitive | *hulisas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hulis | *hulisō, *hulisōs |
| Accusative | *hulis | *hulisā |
| Genitive | *hulisas | *hulisō |
| Dative | *hulisē | *hulisum |
| Instrumental | *hulisu | *hulisum |
Descendants edit
- ⇒ Old English: (unknown stem variant) holen, holeġn, holiġn, holiġ
- Old Saxon: hulis
- Old Dutch: *hulis
- Old High German: hulis, huls, hulisa, huliso
- Middle High German: huls
- German: Hülse f, Hulst, Holst, Hülsen, Hulse, Hulsenbaum, Hulsenstrauch, Hülst, Holch, Hulsch, Hülsenstrauch, Hülsenbaum, Hülsekraut, Hubze
- Middle High German: huls
- → Old French: hous, hus, huche, houche, huse, houce, houlx
References edit
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2. kel-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 545
- ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 376
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hulisa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 253