hǫttr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• hattr (East Norse)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hattuz.

Pronunciation

• (9th century West Norse) IPA^(key): /hɒtːɹ̝/
• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒtːr̩/

Noun

hǫttr m (genitive hattar, dative hetti, plural hettir)

1. hat

Declension

  Declension of hǫttr (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hǫttr	hǫttrinn	hettir	hettirnir
accusative	hǫtt	hǫttinn	hǫttu	hǫttuna
dative	hetti	hettinum	hǫttum	hǫttunum
genitive	hattar	hattarins	hatta	hattanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: höttur, hattur
• Faroese: høttur, hattur
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hatt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hatt
• Old Swedish: hatter
  • Swedish: hatt c
• Old Danish: hat
  • Danish: hat c
• → Proto-Finnic: *hattu
  • Finnish: hattu
  • Ingrian: hattu
  • Karelian: hattu
  • Votic: hattu