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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hulaz

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. Various explanations have been proposed, none without problems.

  • From *ḱel- (to cover), the root of *helaną.[1] The regular outcome of the zero grade would be *hl-, but it is possible that u was inserted to avoid a nonsyllabic root, by analogy with many other Germanic zero grades.
  • From *ḱewh₁- (to swell).[2] A long vowel would be expected in the zero grade due to the following laryngeal, but Kroonen explains this away as "pretonic shortening". In this case, related to Latin cavus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxu.lɑz/

Adjective

*hulaz

  1. hollow

Inflection


Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: hol
  • Old Frisian: hol
    • Saterland Frisian: hol
    • West Frisian: hol
  • Old Saxon: hol
    • Middle Low German: hol
  • Old Dutch: *hol
  • Old High German: hol
    • Middle High German: hol
  • Old Norse: holr
    • Norman houle
      • French (from Norman) houle

References

  1. Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), hol 1”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hula-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 253
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