*herutaz

Runic: ᚺᛖᚱᚢᛏᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈxe.ru.tɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

hart, stag

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (‘horn’) + *-utaz. Cognate with Lithuanian karvė (‘cow’), Russian коро́ва (koróva, ‘cow, neat’), Latin cervus (‘deer, stag’), Welsh carw (‘hart, stag’). Alternatively, from an irregular development of *ḱérh₂tos, with PIE *-H- > PGmc *-u- in non-initial syllables, cf. Old High German anut (‘duck’) < PGmc *anud- < Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂t-. The latter may be likelier as *-utaz is unknown as an affix in PGmc. Regardless, both derivations stem from the same root.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	herutaz	herutōz, herutōs
Acc.	herutą	herutanz
Gen.	herutas, herutis	herutǫ̂
Dat.	herutai	herutamaz
Inst.	herutō	herutamiz
Voc.	herut	herutōz, herutōs

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Descendants

*herut (Proto-West Germanic)
- hirut (Old Dutch)
  - hert, hēert (Middle Dutch)
    - hèrtj (Limburgish)
*herut (Proto-West Germanic)
- hirut (Old Dutch)
  - hert, hēert (Middle Dutch)
    - hert, hart (Dutch)
      - hert (Afrikaans)
*herut (Proto-West Germanic)
- heorot, heorut, heort (Old English)
  - hert, harte, hartt, heert, heort (Middle English)
    - hart (English)
    - hert (Scots)
*herut (Proto-West Germanic)
- hert (Old Frisian)
  - Hart (Saterland Frisian)
  - hart (West Frisian)
*herut (Proto-West Germanic)
- hiruz, hirz (Old High German)
  - hirz (Middle High German)
    - ? (Bavarian)
    - Hierz (Luxembourgish)
    - הירש (hirsh) (Yiddish)
*herut (Proto-West Germanic)
- hiruz, hirz (Old High German)
  - hirz (Middle High German)
    - Hirsch (German)
      - Hirsch (Luxembourgish)
      - hirsk (North Frisian)
      - Hersch (Plautdietsch)
      - Hirsk (Saterland Frisian)
*herut (Proto-West Germanic)
- hirut, hirot (Old Saxon)
  - herte, harte (Middle Low German)
    - Hartbuck (German Low German)
hjǫrtr (Old Norse)
- hjort (Danish)
- hjørtur (Faroese)
- hjort (Gutnish)
- hjörtur (Icelandic)
- hjort (Norwegian)
hjǫrtr (Old Norse)
- hiorter (Old Swedish)
  - hjort (Swedish)

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