Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hurhwą

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

Possibly from a Pre-Germanic *kr̥k-wo-, which Kroonen suggests might be connected with Middle Irish corcach (“moor”), for a Proto-Indo-European *kork-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxur.xʷɑ̃/

Noun

*hurhwą n

1. dirt, mucus, dirty substance

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hurhwą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hurhwą	*hurhwō
vocative	*hurhwą	*hurhwō
accusative	*hurhwą	*hurhwō
genitive	*hurhwas, *hurhwis	*hurhwǫ̂
dative	*hurhwai	*hurhwamaz
instrumental	*hurhwō	*hurhwamiz

Derived terms

• *hurhwīgaz
• *hurhwijaną
• *hurhwōną

Descendants

• Old English: horh, horg, horu
  • Middle English: hore
• Old Frisian: hore
• Old Saxon: horo, horu
  • Middle Low German: hōre, hōr, hāre, hār
• Old Dutch: horo
  • Middle Dutch: hōre
    • Dutch: hore
• Old High German: horo
  • Middle High German: hore, hor
    • German: Hor
• Old Norse: horr
  • Icelandic: hor

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN