Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hīwą

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 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 *ḱey- (“to be lying down”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*hīwą n[1]

  1. marriage
    Synonym: *leugō

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hīwą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hīwą *hīwō
vocative *hīwą *hīwō
accusative *hīwą *hīwō
genitive *hīwas, *hīwis *hīwǫ̂
dative *hīwai *hīwamaz
instrumental *hīwō *hīwamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hiwōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 227
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