Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hattuz

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.

Of unclear origin.

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰnú-, from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to guard, cover, protect, care for”), and compared with Latin cassis (“helmet”), as well as possibly Proto-Slavic *kòšь (“basket”).

However, Kroonen notes that the term looks like a derivative from the accusative plural, *hattuns, of an unattested n-stem noun *haþō, and reconstructs the Proto-Indo-European form as *kHt-nú- instead. He deduces a possible relation to Old High German hadara (“patch, goat skin”) and Old Norse haðna (“young goat”), and links these terms to Proto-Italic *katelos (“young animal”); see there for more.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɑt.tuz/

*hattuz m

1. hat

• *hattijǭ

• *hōdaz
• *hōdō

• Proto-West Germanic: *hattu
  • Old English: hætt, hæt
    • Middle English: hatt, hatte, hat
      • Scots: hat, hatt, hate, hait
      • English: hat
      • → Irish: hata
  • Old Frisian: hat
    • North Frisian: hatt, hat
• Old Norse: hǫttr, hattr (the latter form perhaps borrowed into West Norse from East Norse)
  • Icelandic: höttur, hattur
  • Faroese: høttur, hattur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hatt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hatt
  • Old Swedish: hatter
    • Swedish: hatt
  • Old Danish: hat
    • Danish: hat
• → Proto-Finnic: *hattu
  • Finnish: hattu
  • Ingrian: hattu
  • Karelian: hattu
  • Livvi: hattu
  • Ludian: hatt
  • Votic: hattu

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “hǫttr”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)