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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hōhô

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 *ḱokh₂-.[1] Cognate with Sanskrit शाखा (śākhā, branch), Russian соха́ (soxá, wooden plough), Armenian ցախ (cʻax, branch), Lithuanian šakà (branch), Old Irish géc (branch) and Persian شاخ (šâx, branch).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɔː.xɔːː/

Noun

*hōhô m[1]

  1. plough

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *hōhô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hōhô *hōhaniz
vocative *hōhô *hōhaniz
accusative *hōhanų *hōhanunz
genitive *hōhiniz *hōhanǫ̂
dative *hōhini *hōhammaz
instrumental *hōhinē *hōhammiz

Descendants

  • Gothic: 𐌷𐍉𐌷𐌰 (hōha)

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hohan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 239
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