Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hulwiją

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 *hulaz, *hulhwaz (“hollow”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to tend, lean, incline, bend, tip”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxul.wi.jɑ̃/

Noun

*hulwiją n

depression, hollow

Inflection

neuter ja-stemDeclension of *hulwiją (neuter ja-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hulwiją	*hulwijō
vocative	*hulwiją	*hulwijō
accusative	*hulwiją	*hulwijō
genitive	hulwijas, hulwīs	*hulwijǫ̂
dative	*hulwijai	*hulwijamaz
instrumental	*hulwijō	*hulwijamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *hulwī
- Old English: holh
  - Middle English: holgh
    - English: hollow
- Old High German: huliwa, hulia f
  - Middle High German: hülwe, hulwe
Old Norse: hylr m
- Icelandic: hylur
- Faroese: hylur
- Norwegian: høl, hyl
- Danish: hyl, høl

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