Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hamfaz

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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

Possibly, via an earlier sense “bent (out of shape), crooked”, from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning “to bend, curve”, but the reconstruction is disputed:

In either case, considered cognate with Lithuanian kam̃pas (corner), Ancient Greek κάμπτω (kámptō, to bend, bow, curve) and Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ, bend). Derksen, maintaining the former etymology,[4] supposes the u-vocalism of Lithuanian kum̃p- is secondary.[5]

Adjective

*hamfaz[2]

  1. maimed

Inflection


Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *hamf
    • Old Saxon: hāf
    • Old High German: hamf
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌼𐍆𐍃 (hamfs)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xamfaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 158
  2. 2.0 2.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hamfa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 207
  3. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hupp/bōn- 1”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 257
  4. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kampas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 224
  5. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kumpas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 263