Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/haliþaz

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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

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Perhaps related to Proto-Slavic *xvala (praise, thanks). Kluge suggests a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *kal- (hard), see also Old Church Slavonic калити (kaliti, to harden, cool), Old Irish calath (hard), Sanskrit कलिका (kalikā, bud).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*haliþaz m

  1. hero

Inflection

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masculine a-stemDeclension of *haliþaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *haliþaz *haliþōz, *haliþōs
vocative *haliþ *haliþōz, *haliþōs
accusative *haliþą *haliþanz
genitive *haliþas, *haliþis *haliþǫ̂
dative *haliþai *haliþamaz
instrumental *haliþō *haliþamiz

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Held”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891