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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hugiz

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

Uncertain.

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kʷk-í-s, from *kʷek- (“see”). Cognate with Sanskrit अख्यत् (ákhyat, “has seen”).[1]

Previously derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱuk-is, from *ḱewk- (whence Sanskrit शुचि (śuci, “shining, thinking”) and possibly Persian خو‎ (“thinking, disposition”)), though the semantics do not line up.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈxu.ɣiz/

Noun

*hugiz m

  1. mind; thought; sense; understanding

Inflection
i-stemDeclension of *hugiz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hugiz *hugīz
vocative *hugi *hugīz
accusative *hugį *huginz
genitive *hugīz *hugjǫ̂
dative *hugī *hugimaz
instrumental *hugī *hugimiz

Derived terms
  • *hugdiz
  • *Hugiberhtaz
  • *Hugilaikaz
  • *huguz
  • *hugô

Descendants

Further reading

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “hugi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 252
  2. Ruben, Walter (1970) Neue Indienkunde. New indology: Festschrift Walter Ruben zum 70. Geburtstag, page 349
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