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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/haiduz

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

Apparently identical to Sanskrit केतु (ketú, “brightness, light; appearance, form, mark”), from Proto-Indo-European *koytús, from the root *(s)keyt- (“clear, bright, shining”), whence also *haidraz (“clear, bright”).[1] (A pre-form *keydʰ- is also possible.)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑi̯.ðuz/

Noun

*haiduz m[1]

  1. manner, way
  2. personality, character
  3. appearance, aspect
  4. rank, degree, status
  5. state, condition
  6. kind, sort; gender
  7. (in compounds) -hood

Inflection
u-stemDeclension of *haiduz (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *haiduz *haidiwiz
vocative *haidu *haidiwiz
accusative *haidų *haidunz
genitive *haidauz *haidiwǫ̂
dative *haidiwi *haidumaz
instrumental *haidū *haidumiz

Descendants

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*xaiduz ~ *xaidiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 151
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