Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hōdaz

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

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to cover, protect”) and compared to Latin cassis (“helmet”). However, Kroonen reconstructs the Proto-Indo-European form as *koHt-ó- instead, and links the root to Proto-Germanic *hattuz (“hat”); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɔː.ðɑz/

Noun

*hōdaz m

1. shelter; cover; hood

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *hōdaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hōdaz	*hōdōz, *hōdōs
vocative	*hōd	*hōdōz, *hōdōs
accusative	*hōdą	*hōdanz
genitive	*hōdas, *hōdis	*hōdǫ̂
dative	*hōdai	*hōdamaz
instrumental	*hōdō	*hōdamiz

Related terms

• *hattuz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hōd
  • Old English: hōd
    • Middle English: hood, hode
      • Scots: hude, huid
      • English: hood
  • Old Frisian: hōd
    • North Frisian: hod
    • Saterland Frisian: Houd
    • West Frisian: hoed
  • Old Saxon: hōd
    • Middle Low German: hôt
      • German Low German: Hood
  • Old Dutch: *huod
    • Middle Dutch: hoet
      • Dutch: hoed
  • Old High German: huot
    • Middle High German: huot
      • Central Franconian: Hot, Hut
      • Bavarian: Huat
      • Cimbrian: huat, huut
      • German: Hut
      • Luxembourgish: Hutt