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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hōną

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

Vṛddhi-derivative of *hanô (“cock, rooster”)[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈxɔː.nɑ̃/

Noun

*hōną n

  1. hen, chicken

Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *hōną (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hōną *hōnō
vocative *hōną *hōnō
accusative *hōną *hōnō
genitive *hōnas, *hōnis *hōnǫ̂
dative *hōnai *hōnamaz
instrumental *hōnō *hōnamiz

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *hōn
    • Old Saxon: hōn
    • Old Dutch: *hōn, *huon
      • Middle Dutch: hoen
        • Dutch: hoen
          • Afrikaans: hoender
          • Negerhollands: hoener, hundu, hunder, hun
            • → Virgin Islands Creole: hundu (dated)
    • Old High German: huon

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “honiz”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 240
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