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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hehlǭ

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

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱé-ḱl(h₁)-eh₂- or *ḱí-ḱel(h₁)-eh₂-, an old reduplicated stem from the root *ḱel(h₁)- (“cold, frozen”).[1][2] Compare Lithuanian šalnà, šarma (“hoarfrost”), Proto-Slavic *solnà (“hoarfrost”) and especially Sanskrit शिशिर (śíśira, “cool, cold; hoarfrost”) (unless from *ḱey-).

Noun

*hehlǭ f[2]

  1. hoarfrost
    Synonym: *hrīmô

Inflection
ōn-stemDeclension of *hehlǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hehlǭ *hehlōniz
vocative *hehlǭ *hehlōniz
accusative *hehlōnų *hehlōnunz
genitive *hehlōniz *hehlōnǫ̂
dative *hehlōni *hehlōmaz
instrumental *hehlōnē *hehlōmiz

Alternative reconstructions
  • *hihlǭ, *hihelǭ[1]
  • *hēlaz, *hēlijaz
  • *haglaz (possibly)

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *hehlā
  • Old Norse: héla

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hihelōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 226
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xexlōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 168
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