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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *handuz.
Noun[edit]
*handu f[1]
- hand
- a unit of length
Inflection[edit]
| 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[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: hand, hond
- Old Frisian: hond, hand
- Old Saxon: hand
- Old Dutch: hant
- Old High German: hant
References[edit]
- ^ 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”