Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/herzô
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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]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Of uncertain origin.
Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (“to move, sway, swing, jump”); in this case, cognate with Old High German scerdo (“hinge”), Latin cardō (“hinge”), Proto-Celtic *kerdeti (“to put, move”), Ancient Greek κραδάω (kradáō, “to swing, shake”),[1][2] and perhaps Sanskrit कूर्द् (kūrd, “to leap, jump, play”) and German scherzen (“to joke, jest, frolic”).[3][4]
Orel instead derives the root from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert-so and compares Lithuanian sker̃sas (“across”), Proto-Slavic *čerzъ (“through, across”), and Latin cardō.[5]
Kroonen prefers to derive the root from a Proto-Indo-European *kérH-on-, and compares Lithuanian kárti (“to hang”), Proto-Germanic *hurdiz (“wickerwork door, frame”), Latin crātis (“wickerwork”).[6]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
*herzô m
Inflection[edit]
| masculine an-stemDeclension of *herzô (masculine an-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *herzô | *herzaniz | |
| vocative | *herzô | *herzaniz | |
| accusative | *herzanų | *herzanunz | |
| genitive | *hirziniz | *herzanǫ̂ | |
| dative | *hirzini | *herzammaz | |
| instrumental | *hirzinē | *herzammiz | |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kerd-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 202-203
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “cardō, -inis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 92
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 118
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 254-5
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xerzōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 171
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*her(r)an-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 221