Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/handu

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 This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *handuz.

Noun

*handu f

  1. hand
  2. a unit of length

Inflection

u-stem
Singular
Nominative *handu
Genitive *handō
Singular Plural
Nominative *handu *handiwi, *handō
Accusative *handu *handū
Genitive *handō *handiwō
Dative *handiwi, *handō *handum
Instrumental *handu *handum

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 287: “PWGmc *handu”
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