Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/haiduz

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

    Apparently identical to Sanskrit केतु (ketú, “brightness, light; appearance, form, mark”), from Proto-Indo-European *koyt-ús, from the root *keyt- (“clear, bright, shining”), whence also *haidraz (“clear, bright”).[1] A pre-form *keydʰ- is also possible.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈxɑi̯.ðuz/

    Noun

    *haiduz m[1]

    1. manner, way
    2. personality, character
    3. appearance, aspect
    4. rank, degree, status
    5. state, condition
    6. kind, sort; gender
    7. (in compounds) -hood

    Inflection

    Declension of *haiduz (u-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *haiduz *haidiwiz
    vocative *haidu *haidiwiz
    accusative *haidų *haidunz
    genitive *haidauz *haidiwǫ̂
    dative *haidiwi *haidumaz
    instrumental *haidū *haidumiz

    Descendants

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003), “*xaiduz ~ *xaidiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 151
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