Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hauh
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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
From Proto-Germanic *hauhaz.
Adjective edit
*hauh (comparative *hauhiʀō, superlative *hauhist)[1]
Inflection edit
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *hauh | ||
| Genitive | *hauhas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *hauh | *hauhu | *hauh |
| Accusative | *hauhanā | *hauhā | *hauh |
| Genitive | *hauhas | *hauheʀā | *hauhas |
| Dative | *hauhumē | *hauheʀē | *hauhumē |
| Instrumental | *hauhu | *hauheʀu | *hauhu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *hauhē | *hauhō | *hauhu |
| Accusative | *hauhā | *hauhā | *hauhu |
| Genitive | *hauheʀō | *hauheʀō | *hauheʀō |
| Dative | *hauhēm, *hauhum | *hauhēm, *hauhum | *hauhēm, *hauhum |
| Instrumental | *hauhēm, *hauhum | *hauhēm, *hauhum | *hauhēm, *hauhum |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Old English: hēah, hēh; hēa
- Old Frisian: hāch, hāg
- Old Saxon: hōh
- Old Dutch: hō, hōg
- Old High German: hōh
- Middle High German: hōch, hō
- → Old French: haut (conflated with Latin altus) (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 315: “PWGmc *hauh”