Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/haubudą
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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 *kauput-, *káput-. Cognate with Latin caput.
The original form in Germanic was *háfudą (or possibly *habúdą), whereas -b- in the other two forms is the result of Verner's law after a shift in stress onto the following syllable. The secondary -au- of *haubúdą presumably arose by influence from the following stressed -u-.[1] The form haubídą shows variation in the ending possibly also seen in Latin (compare nominative caput vs. genitive capitis, although the genitive is usually thought to descend from *kaputes/-os).
The same root but with an alternate ending also appears in Germanic: Old English hafola (“head”), from *hafulǭ. The presence of initial -a- in both words (hafudą and hafulǭ) remains unexplained.
Pronunciation
Noun
*haubudą n
Inflection
| neuter a-stemDeclension of *haubudą (neuter a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *haubudą | *haubudō | |
| vocative | *haubudą | *haubudō | |
| accusative | *haubudą | *haubudō | |
| genitive | *haubudas, *haubudis | *haubudǫ̂ | |
| dative | *haubudai | *haubudamaz | |
| instrumental | *haubudō | *haubudamiz | |
Descendants
From *haubudą:
From *haubidą:
- Old Frisian: hāved, hāfd
- Old Saxon: hōvid, hōƀid
- Old Dutch: hōvit
- Old High German: houbit, haupit
- Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌸 (haubiþ)
- Crimean Gothic: hoef
From *hafudą or *habudą:
- Old English: *hafud (in hafudland (“headland”)
- Old Norse: hǫfuð, haufuð
References
- ^ Carl Marstrander, Klodvignavet og den germanske dissimilationslov (Oslow: Dybwad, 1925), 25.