Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwōstô

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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

From *hwōsaną (to cough).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxʷɔː.stɔːː/

Noun

*hwōstô m[2]

  1. cough

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *hwōstô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hwōstô *hwōstaniz
vocative *hwōstô *hwōstaniz
accusative *hwōstanų *hwōstanunz
genitive *hwōstiniz *hwōstanǫ̂
dative *hwōstini *hwōstammaz
instrumental *hwōstinē *hwōstammiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hwōstan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 268
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*hwōstōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 202