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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hagatusjō

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

Uncertain; possibly from *hagaz (“skilled, crafty”) +‎ *tusjō (“witch, demon”) (whence Norwegian tysja (“witch, demon”)), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰus-yéh₂, from *dʰews- (“breath; spirit”) (whence *deuzą (“animal, beast”).[1] Cognate with Proto-Slavic *duxъ (“breath; spirit”).

Noun

*hagatusjō f[1]

  1. witch

Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *hagatusjō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hagatusjō *hagatusjôz
vocative *hagatusjō *hagatusjôz
accusative *hagatusjǭ *hagatusjōz
genitive *hagatusjōz *hagatusjǫ̂
dative *hagatusjōi *hagatusjōmaz
instrumental *hagatusjō *hagatusjōmiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *hagatusi
    • Old English: hægtesse, hægtes, hegtes
      • Middle English: hagge, hegge
    • Old Frisian: *hegtesse, *hexe
    • Old Saxon: *hagatusia
      • Middle Low German: *hagetusse
    • Old Dutch: *hagatissa
      • Middle Dutch: hagetisse
    • Old High German: hagazussa, hagzissa, hāzus
      • Middle High German: hecse

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Hachse”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
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