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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hōhô

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 *ḱok-h₂-[1]. Cognate with Sanskrit शाखा (śākhā, “branch”), Russian соха́ (soxá, “wooden plough”), Armenian ցախ (cʿax, “branch”), Lithuanian šakà (“branch”), Old Irish géc (“branch”) and Persian شاخ‎ (šâx, “branch”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈxɔː.xɔːː/

Noun

*hōhô m[1]

  1. plough

Inflection
masculine an-stemDeclension of *hōhô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hōhô *hōhaniz
vocative *hōhô *hōhaniz
accusative *hōhanų *hōhanunz
genitive *hōhiniz *hōhanǫ̂
dative *hōhini *hōhammaz
instrumental *hōhinē *hōhammiz

Descendants
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐍉𐌷𐌰 (hōha)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hohan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 239
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