Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þēhtuz

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Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From a lengthened-grade of Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- (“to hew, fashion”) + *-þuz (“result noun suffix”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*þēhtuz m[1]

  1. wick, strand of rope

Declension

u-stemDeclension of *þēhtuz (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *þēhtuz *þēhtiwiz
vocative *þēhtu *þēhtiwiz
accusative *þēhtų *þēhtunz
genitive *þēhtauz *þēhtiwǫ̂
dative *þēhtiwi *þēhtumaz
instrumental *þēhtū *þēhtumiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *þāhtu
    • Old High German: tāht (“wick”)
  • Old Norse: þáttr (“single strand of rope”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*þēxtaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 423
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