Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hauhaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“to elevate”).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
*hauhaz (comparative *hauhizô, superlative *hauhistaz)[1]
Inflection
Declension of *hauhaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hauhaz | *hauhai | *hauhō | *hauhôz | *hauhą, -atō | *hauhō |
| Accusative | *hauhanǭ | *hauhanz | *hauhǭ | *hauhōz | *hauhą, -atō | *hauhō |
| Genitive | *hauhas, -is | *hauhaizǫ̂ | *hauhaizōz | *hauhaizǫ̂ | *hauhas, -is | *hauhaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *hauhammai | *hauhaimaz | *hauhaizōi | *hauhaimaz | *hauhammai | *hauhaimaz |
| Instrumental | *hauhanō | *hauhaimiz | *hauhaizō | *hauhaimiz | *hauhanō | *hauhaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hauhô | *hauhaniz | *hauhǭ | *hauhōniz | *hauhô | *hauhōnō |
| Accusative | *hauhanų | *hauhanunz | *hauhōnų | *hauhōnunz | *hauhô | *hauhōnō |
| Genitive | *hauhiniz | *hauhanǫ̂ | *hauhōniz | *hauhōnǫ̂ | *hauhiniz | *hauhanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *hauhini | *hauhammaz | *hauhōni | *hauhōmaz | *hauhini | *hauhammaz |
| Instrumental | *hauhinē | *hauhammiz | *hauhōnē | *hauhōmiz | *hauhinē | *hauhammiz |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *hauh
- Old English: hēah, hēh, hēa — adverb
- Old Frisian: hāch, hāg
- Old Saxon: hōh
- Old Dutch: hōh
- Old High German: hōh
- Middle High German: hōch, hō
- Alemannic German: hooch
- Bavarian:
- Cimbrian: hoach, hòach (Sette Comuni)
- Mòcheno: heach
- Northern Bavarian: , (comparative) , (superlative)
- Central Franconian: huh, hiech, hieh (western Moselle Franconian)
- German: hoch
- Rhine Franconian: houch, hauch, hoch, hok, houk, huch, huk
- Frankfurterisch: , (comparative) , (superlative)
- Pennsylvania German: hooch
- Vilamovian: huch
- Yiddish: הויך (hoykh)
- Middle High German: hōch, hō
- → Old French: haut (conflated with Latin altus) (see there for further descendants)
- Old Norse: hár, hór, *haugʀ — Old East Norse, hæri
- Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃 (hauhs)
- Vandalic: *oas
- →? Proto-Finnic: *kauka- (see there for further descendants)