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
Etymology
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
Noun
*hasô m
Inflection
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 *hasô (masculine an-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *hasô | *hasaniz | |
| vocative | *hasô | *hasaniz | |
| accusative | *hasanų | *hasanunz | |
| genitive | *hasiniz | *hasanǫ̂ | |
| dative | *hasini | *hasammaz | |
| instrumental | *hasinē | *hasammiz | |
Related terms
Descendants
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.
- Proto-West Germanic: *hasō ~ *haʀ-
From *hesô:
- Norwegian: jase
From hezô:
- Old Norse: *hjeri
- Icelandic: héri
From hazô:
- Old Norse: heri, hari — Old East Norse
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2011) “The *e ~ *a type”, in The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam: Rodopi, pages 200-201