Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/habīg
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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *habīgaz (“heavy”).
Adjective[edit]
*habīg[1]
Inflection[edit]
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *habīg | ||
| Genitive | *habīgas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *habīg | *habīgu | *habīg |
| Accusative | *habīganā | *habīgā | *habīg |
| Genitive | *habīgas | *habīgeʀā | *habīgas |
| Dative | *habīgumē | *habīgeʀē | *habīgumē |
| Instrumental | *habīgu | *habīgeʀu | *habīgu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *habīgē | *habīgō | *habīgu |
| Accusative | *habīgā | *habīgā | *habīgu |
| Genitive | *habīgeʀō | *habīgeʀō | *habīgeʀō |
| Dative | *habīgēm, *habīgum | *habīgēm, *habīgum | *habīgēm, *habīgum |
| Instrumental | *habīgēm, *habīgum | *habīgēm, *habīgum | *habīgēm, *habīgum |
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: hefiġ, hæfiġ, hefeġ
- Old Saxon: heƀig, hevig
- Old Dutch: hevig
- Old High German: hebīg, *hefīg, *hevīg
References[edit]
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 237: “PWGmc *habīg”