Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/halsaz

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 *kólsos (“neck”), and cognate with Latin collum (“neck”). The formation is traditionally further derived from the root *kʷel- (“to turn”) (whence also Lithuanian kaklas, Latvian kakls), though the loss of the labial *kʷ- > *k- is irregular.[1]

Compare typologically Proto-Slavic *vortъ (akin to *vortiti << Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, to rotate”)), whence Bulgarian врат (vrat), Russian во́рот (vórot), воротни́к (vorotník); Proto-Slavic *kъrkъ (“neck”) (<< Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”)), whence Czech krk; Old Armenian պարանոց (paranocʻ, “neck”) (< պարանիմ (paranim, “to turn”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑl.sɑz/

Noun

*halsaz m

  1. neck, throat

Inflection

Declension of *halsaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *halsaz *halsōz, *halsōs
vocative *hals *halsōz, *halsōs
accusative *halsą *halsanz
genitive *halsas, *halsis *halsǫ̂
dative *halsai *halsamaz
instrumental *halsō *halsamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*halsa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 205
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