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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/haisaz

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown[1]; the expected Pre-Germanic form would be *koysos~*ḱoysos; with forms in -r- being from the addition of *-raz (Kroonen, Orel) or conflation with *hairaz (Orel). Kroonen speculatively connects it with Albanian kirrem.[2] Perhaps related to *hwistlōną (to hiss).[3]

Adjective

*haisaz

  1. hoarse

Declension


Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. Vladimir Orel (2003) A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 353
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hairsa-~*haisra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 202
  3. Friedrich Kluge (1883) “heiser”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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