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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *hōk (“buck, goat”) + *-īn (diminutive ending). According to Kroonen, borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate language.[1] Possibly cognate with Proto-Slavic *kozà (e.g. Russian коза́ (kozá, “goat”), Serbo-Croatian ко̀за (“goat”) and Old Church Slavonic коза (koza, “goat”)), however common Indo-European inheritance is impossible due to the absence of application of Winter's law in the Slavic forms. Compare also Albanian kedh (“kid”).
Noun
*hōkīn n[1]
- kid, young goat
- Synonym: *tikkīn
Inflection
| Neuter a-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*hōkīn
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| Genitive
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*hōkīnas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*hōkīn
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*hōkīnu
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| Accusative
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*hōkīn
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*hōkīnu
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| Genitive
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*hōkīnas
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*hōkīnō
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| Dative
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*hōkīnē
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*hōkīnum
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| Instrumental
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*hōkīnu
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*hōkīnum
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Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hōkīna-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 239
