Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hagatusjō

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain; possibly from *hagaz (“skilled, crafty”) +‎ *tusjō (“witch, demon”) (whence Norwegian tysja (“witch, demon”)), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰus-yéh₂, from *dʰews- (“breath; spirit”) (whence *deuzą (“animal, beast”).[1] However, this devoicing is phonetically irregular. The second part is more likely from Proto-Indo-European *dus- (“bad, evil”).

Noun[edit]

*hagatusjō f[1]

  1. (West Germanic) witch

Inflection[edit]

ō-stemDeclension of *hagatusjō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hagatusjō *hagatusjôz
vocative *hagatusjō *hagatusjôz
accusative *hagatusjǭ *hagatusjōz
genitive *hagatusjōz *hagatusjǫ̂
dative *hagatusjōi *hagatusjōmaz
instrumental *hagatusjō *hagatusjōmiz

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Hachse”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
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