Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/haiþī

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

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *kay-t-os (“forest, wasteland, pasture”), from *kayt- (“forest, pasture”), with the most certain cognates being in Celtic languages (with Kroonen speculating a borrowing from one branch into the other). Cognate with Proto-Brythonic *koɨd (“forest”) (Old Welsh coit);[1] outside of Celtic, compare Latin bū-cētum (“pastureland”, literally “cow-pasture”), Albanian kath (“type of wheat”), kasht (“straw”). Whether *kayt- is related to *keyt- (“to shine”) is unclear.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈxɑi̯.θiː/

    Noun

    *haiþī f

    1. heath, wasteland

    Inflection

    Declension of *haiþī (ī/jō-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *haiþī *haiþijôz
    vocative *haiþī *haiþijôz
    accusative *haiþijǭ *haiþijōz
    genitive *haiþijōz *haiþijǫ̂
    dative *haiþijōi *haiþijōmaz
    instrumental *haiþijō *haiþijōmiz

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*haiþī-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 202
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