Reconstruction:Old Dutch/hagatissa

This Old Dutch 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.

Old Dutch

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hagatussjā, from Proto-Germanic *hagatusjō, from *hagô (“enclosure; pasture”) + *tusjō (“witch, demon”). Compare Old English hæġtesse and Old High German hagzissa (whence also loaned Modern Dutch heks (“witch”)).

Noun

*hagatissa f

  1. a witch

Declension

Declension of *hagatissa (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)
case singular plural
nominative *hagatissa *hagatissa, *hagatisson
accusative *hagatissa, *hagatisson *hagatissa, *hagatisson
genitive *hagatisson *hagatissono
dative *hagatisson *hagatisson

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: hagetisse
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