Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hōkīn
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Proto-West Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *hōk (“buck, goat”) + *-īn (diminutive ending). According to Kroonen, borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate language.[1] Possibly cognate with Proto-Slavic *kozà (e.g. Russian коза́ (kozá, “goat”), Serbo-Croatian ко̀за (“goat”) and Old Church Slavonic коза (koza, “goat”)), however common Indo-European inheritance is impossible due to the absence of application of Winter's law in the Slavic forms. Compare also Albanian kedh (“kid”).
Noun[edit]
*hōkīn n[1]
Inflection[edit]
Neuter a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *hōkīn | |
Genitive | *hōkīnas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *hōkīn | *hōkīnu |
Accusative | *hōkīn | *hōkīnu |
Genitive | *hōkīnas | *hōkīnō |
Dative | *hōkīnē | *hōkīnum |
Instrumental | *hōkīnu | *hōkīnum |