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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
According to Kroonen, from a ja-collective form of *hawwaną (“to hew; cut down”) (with quasi-Indo-European form *koh₂w-yo-m).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*hawją n[1]
- hay
Inflection
Declension of *hawją (neuter ja-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*hawją
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*hawjō
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| vocative
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*hawją
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*hawjō
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| accusative
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*hawją
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*hawjō
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| genitive
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*hawjas, *hawis
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*hawjǫ̂
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| dative
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*hawjai
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*hawjamaz
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| instrumental
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*hawjō
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*hawjamiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *hawi
- Old English: hīeġ, hīġ, hēġ
- Middle English: hey, heyȝ, heygh, hay, ay, heyn, hayn, hei, heiȝ, heigh, hai, hain
- Old Frisian: hā, hē
- North Frisian: hau
- Saterland Frisian: Ho
- West Frisian: hea
- Old Saxon: hōi, hōgi
- Old Dutch: houwi, houwe
- Old High German: hewi, houwi, hou
- Middle High German: höuwe, houwe, höu
- Alemannic German: Heuw
- Bavarian:
- Cimbrian: höobe
- Mòcheno: hei
- German: Heu
- Hunsrik: Hei
- Luxembourgish: Hee
- Yiddish: היי (hey)
- ⇒ Middle High German: höuwet
- Old Norse: hey
- Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐍅𐌹 (hawi)
- → Proto-Samic: *āvjē (see there for further descendants)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hauja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 215