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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrōtą

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kerd- (“to cut (wood)? > to craft?”); compare Proto-Slavic *korda (“pile of logs”),[1][2] and perhaps also Proto-Celtic *kerdā (“craft, skill”) and Ancient Greek κέρδος (kérdos, “profit”). Has also been compared to Old Armenian խրճիթ (xrčitʻ, “hut, cabin”), but J̌ahukyan considers this unlikely.[3] Proto-West Germanic *hrātu (“honeycomb”) may also be related.[1]

Noun

*hrōtą n[1]

  1. roof
    Synonym: *hrōfą

Inflection
Declension of *hrōtą (a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
Nominative *hrōtą *hrōtō
Vocative *hrōtą *hrōtō
Accusative *hrōtą *hrōtō
Genitive *hrōtas, -is *hrōtǫ̂
Dative *hrōtai *hrōtamaz
Instrumental *hrōtō *hrōtamiz


Descendants
  • Old Norse: hrót (“roof”)
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐍂𐍉𐍄 (hrōt, “roof”)

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xrōtan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 188
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*korda”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, pages 234–235
  3. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “խրճիթ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
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