Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hattuz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *kadʰnu-, from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to guard, cover, protect, care for”). Cognate with Latin cassis (“helmet”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxɑt.tuz/

Noun

*hattuz m

hat

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *hattuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hattuz	*hattiwiz
vocative	*hattu	*hattiwiz
accusative	*hattų	*hattunz
genitive	*hattauz	*hattiwǫ̂
dative	*hattiwi	*hattumaz
instrumental	*hattū	*hattumiz

Derived terms

*hattijǭ

Related terms

*hōdaz
*hōdō

Descendants

Old English: hætt, hæt
- Middle English: hatt, hatte, hat
  - Scots: hat, hatt, hate, hait
  - English: hat
  - → Irish: hata
Old Frisian: hath
- North Frisian: hat
Old Norse: hǫttr, hattr (the latter form perhaps borrowed into West Norse from East Norse)
- Icelandic: höttur, hattur
- Faroese: høttur, hattur
- Norwegian: hatt
- Old Swedish: hatter
  - Swedish: hatt
- Old Danish: hat
  - Danish: hat
→ Finnish: hattu

References

Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.

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