Etymograph

English

hibernaculum

Hibernaculum comes from Latin hībernāculum ‘winter quarters’, from hībernus ‘wintry’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- ‘winter’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰey-‘winter’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰey-m-r-ino-sreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*heimrinosreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhībernus‘wintry’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhībernō‘spend the winter’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhībernāculum‘winter quarters’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2014hibernaculum

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰey-‘winter’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰey-m-r-ino-sreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*heimrinosreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhībernus‘wintry’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhībernō‘spend the winter’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhībernāculum‘winter quarters’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2014hibernaculum

Earliest quotation: 2014, Elizabeth Kolbert: “Aeolus Cave, which is set into a wooded hillside…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- ‘winter’

gore, goad, chimera, ahimsa, 13 more

through Latin hībernō ‘spend the winter’

hibernation, 2 more

Today it means

noun The place where a hibernating animal shelters for the winter.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- / hibernaculum

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