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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/halþaz

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

The past participle of an unattested verb *halaną (“to slope; be inclined”).[1] From Proto-Indo-European *kelH-, *ḱel- (“to tend, lean, incline, bend, tip”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑl.θɑz/

Adjective

*halþaz[1]

  1. sloping, inclined

Inflection
Declension of *halþaz (a-stem)
strong declension
masculine feminine neuter
singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative *halþaz *halþai *halþō *halþôz *halþą, *-at(ō) *halþō
accusative *halþanǭ *halþanz *halþǭ *halþōz *halþą, *-at(ō) *halþō
genitive *halþas, *halþis *halþaizǫ̂ *halþaizōz *halþaizǫ̂ *halþas, *halþis *halþaizǫ̂
dative *halþammai *halþaimaz *halþaizōi *halþaimaz *halþammai *halþaimaz
instrumental *halþanō *halþaimiz *halþaizō *halþaimiz *halþanō *halþaimiz
weak declension
masculine feminine neuter
singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative *halþô *halþaniz *halþǭ *halþōniz *halþô *halþōnō
accusative *halþanų *halþanunz *halþōnų *halþōnunz *halþô *halþōnō
genitive *halþiniz *halþanǫ̂ *halþōniz *halþōnǫ̂ *halþiniz *halþanǫ̂
dative *halþini *halþammaz *halþōni *halþōmaz *halþini *halþammaz
instrumental *halþinē *halþammiz *halþōnē *halþōmiz *halþinē *halþammiz


Derived terms

Descendants

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