Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hanþaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *ḱóntos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent- (“to stab”). Related to *hinþaną (“to reach for, obtain”); see there for more cognates (which Kroonen gives for this entry, but not for *hinþaną).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
*hanþaz
Inflection
Declension of *hanþaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hanþaz | *hanþai | *hanþō | *hanþôz | *hanþą, -atō | *hanþō |
| Accusative | *hanþanǭ | *hanþanz | *hanþǭ | *hanþōz | *hanþą, -atō | *hanþō |
| Genitive | *hanþas, -is | *hanþaizǫ̂ | *hanþaizōz | *hanþaizǫ̂ | *hanþas, -is | *hanþaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *hanþammai | *hanþaimaz | *hanþaizōi | *hanþaimaz | *hanþammai | *hanþaimaz |
| Instrumental | *hanþanō | *hanþaimiz | *hanþaizō | *hanþaimiz | *hanþanō | *hanþaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hanþô | *hanþaniz | *hanþǭ | *hanþōniz | *hanþô | *hanþōnō |
| Accusative | *hanþanų | *hanþanunz | *hanþōnų | *hanþōnunz | *hanþô | *hanþōnō |
| Genitive | *hanþiniz | *hanþanǫ̂ | *hanþōniz | *hanþōnǫ̂ | *hanþiniz | *hanþanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *hanþini | *hanþammaz | *hanþōni | *hanþōmaz | *hanþini | *hanþammaz |
| Instrumental | *hanþinē | *hanþammiz | *hanþōnē | *hanþōmiz | *hanþinē | *hanþammiz |
Related terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hanþa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 210