Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hultą

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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 from a neuter root noun *kóld, *kld-és, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (to beat, break).[1][2] Compare Proto-Slavic *kòlda (block, log), Ancient Greek κλάδος (kládos, branch, shoot).

Noun

*hultą n

  1. wood

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hultą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hultą *hultō
vocative *hultą *hultō
accusative *hultą *hultō
genitive *hultas, *hultis *hultǫ̂
dative *hultai *hultamaz
instrumental *hultō *hultamiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “hulta”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 254
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1493”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1493