Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hīwô

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (to be lying down).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /ˈxiː.wɔːː/

Noun[edit]

*hīwô n[1]

  1. married couple, household

Inflection[edit]

neuter an-stemDeclension of *hīwô (neuter an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hīwô *hīwōnō
vocative *hīwô *hīwōnō
accusative *hīwô *hīwōnō
genitive *hīwiniz *hīwanǫ̂
dative *hīwini *hīwammaz
instrumental *hīwinē *hīwammiz

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Old Norse: hjá
    • Icelandic: hjá
    • Faroese: hjá
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: hjå
    • Old Swedish: hiā
  • Proto-West Germanic:

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hiwōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 227