Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hazdaz

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 *kes- (“to card; comb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɑz.dɑz/

Noun

*hazdaz m

1. hair

   Synonym: *hērą

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *hazdaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hazdaz	*hazdōz, *hazdōs
vocative	*hazd	*hazdōz, *hazdōs
accusative	*hazdą	*hazdanz
genitive	*hazdas, *hazdis	*hazdǫ̂
dative	*hazdai	*hazdamaz
instrumental	*hazdō	*hazdamiz

Descendants

• Old English: heord, hād (attested in bundenheord, wundenheord, heorþswǣpe (for *heordswǣpe), hādswāpe, etc.)
• Old Norse: haddr
  • Icelandic: haddur
  • Swedish: hadd
• →? Finnish: hahtu, hahtuva
• →? Latin: Hasdingi