Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/harbistamēnōþs

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 *harbistaz (“harvest”) +‎ *mēnōþs (“month”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑr.βis.tɑ.ˌmɛː.nɔːθs/

Noun

*harbistamēnōþs m[1]

  1. a month of the Germanic calendar, corresponds roughly to September.

Inflection

Declension of *harbistamēnōþs (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *harbistamēnōþs *harbistamēnōþiz
vocative *harbistamēnōþ *harbistamēnōþiz
accusative *harbistamēnōþų *harbistamēnōþunz
genitive *harbistamēnōþiz *harbistamēnōþǫ̂
dative *harbistamēnōþi *harbistamēnōþumaz
instrumental *harbistamēnōþē *harbistamēnōþumiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *harbistamānōþ
    • Old English: hærfestmōnaþ
    • Old Dutch: hervistmānōth (“November”)
    • Old High German: herbistmānod (“September, November”)
      • Middle High German: herbestmānōt, herbestmānet
        • German: Herbstmonat (“September, October, November”)
  • Old Norse: haustmánuðr
    • Icelandic: haustmánuðr

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*harbista-mēnōþz~harbusta-mēnōþz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 161
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