Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hasô

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂s-. Compare with Welsh cannu (to whiten), ceinach (hare), English hare, Latin cascus (old), Old Prussian sasins (hare), Pashto سوی (soe, hare), and Sanskrit शश (śaśa, hare).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*hasô m

  1. hare

Inflection

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Verner alternation was preserved in this noun, so that some forms had the stem *haz-. But the distribution of the alternants is currently unknown. According to Kroonen, this noun also contained vowel ablaut in its declension, for example between nominative singular *hesô and genitive singular *haznaz.[1]

masculine an-stemDeclension of *hesô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hesô *hesaniz
vocative *hesô *hesaniz
accusative *hesanų *haznunz
genitive *haznaz *haznǫ̂
dative *hazini *hazummaz
instrumental *haznē *hazummiz
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Descendants

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Due to the vowel ablaut and Verner's law consonant alternations, several stems are attested throughout the descendants. Proto-West Germanic preserves the alternation in the consonant, but levels the vowel alternation.

From *hesô:

From hezô:

  • Old Norse: *hjeri

From hazô:

References

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  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2011) “The *e ~ *a type”, in The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam: Rodopi, pages 200-201