Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/jihtiz

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 *jehaną (“to speak”) +‎ *-þiz (“abstract noun suffix”). Particularly close cognate with Proto-Celtic *yextis (“language”).[1]

The "pain" and "paralysis" senses have been considered linked to the "statement" sense, via an earlier meaning of "curse", but this is speculative, and the senses may well be of separate and potentially unknown origin.[2]

Noun

*jihtiz f[1][2]

  1. statement, confession
  2. (joint) pain, cramp
  3. paralysis

Inflection

Declension of *jihtiz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *jihtiz *jihtīz
vocative *jihti *jihtīz
accusative *jihtį *jihtinz
genitive *jihtīz *jihtijǫ̂
dative *jihtī *jihtimaz
instrumental *jihtī *jihtimiz

Descendants

  • Old English: ġiht
  • Old Frisian: jecht
  • Old Saxon: *jiht, *giht
    • Middle Low German: jicht, gicht
      • Low German: Jicht
      • → Swedish: gikt
      • → Danish: gigt
    • ⇒ Old Saxon: bigihto
      • Middle Low German: bichte
        • → Swedish: bikt
        • → Danish: bigt (obsolete), afbigt
  • Old Dutch: *jiht, *giht
  • Old High German: jiht, *giht (attested in compounds)
    • Middle High German: giht
    • ⇒ Old High German: bijiht, bigiht

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003), “*jextiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 205
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*jehti-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 272
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