Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hattuz

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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]

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Particularly: “Kroonen notes a problem where the stem of cassis is cassid-. (source?)”

Of unclear origin.

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰnú-, from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (to guard, cover, protect, care for), and compared with Latin cassis (helmet).

However, Kroonen notes that the term looks like a derivative from the accusative plural, *hattuns, of an unattested n-stem noun *haþō, and reconstructs the Proto-Indo-European form as *kHt-nú- instead. He deduces a possible relation to Old High German hadara (patch, goat skin) and Old Norse haðna (young goat), and links these terms to Proto-Italic *katelos (young animal); see there for more.

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Noun[edit]

*hattuz m

  1. hat

Inflection[edit]

u-stemDeclension of *hattuz (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hattuz *hattiwiz
vocative *hattu *hattiwiz
accusative *hattų *hattunz
genitive *hattauz *hattiwǫ̂
dative *hattiwi *hattumaz
instrumental *hattū *hattumiz

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