Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hajaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kéHy-os, from *keHy- (“to be hot”).

Noun

*hajaz n[1]

  1. heat

Inflection

Declension of *hajaz (z-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hajaz *hajizō
vocative *hajaz *hajizō
accusative *hajaz *hajizō
genitive *hajiziz *hajizǫ̂
dative *hajizi *hajizumaz
instrumental *hajizē *hajizumiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *haij (“heat”)
    • Old Dutch: *hei
    • Old High German: hei
      • ⇒ Old High German: gehei
        • Alemannic German: gehei
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍃 (hais, “torch”)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*haj(j)a-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 203: “*koi-io-(?)”
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