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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kurnahūsą

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 *kurną (“corn, grain”) +‎ *hūsą (“house”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkur.nɑˌxuː.sɑ̃/

Noun

*kurnahūsą n[1]

  1. granary, barn

Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *kurnahūsą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kurnahūsą *kurnahūsō
vocative *kurnahūsą *kurnahūsō
accusative *kurnahūsą *kurnahūsō
genitive *kurnahūsas, *kurnahūsis *kurnahūsǫ̂
dative *kurnahūsai *kurnahūsamaz
instrumental *kurnahūsō *kurnahūsamiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *kornahūs
    • Old English: cornhūs
    • Old Saxon: kornhūs
      • Middle Low German: kōrnhūs
    • Old High German: kornhūs
      • Middle High German: kornhūs
        • German: Kornhaus
  • Old Norse: kornhús

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*kurna-xūsan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 225
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