Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hunag

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hunagą.

Noun

*hunag n [1]

honey

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hunag	*hunagu
Accusative	*hunag	*hunagu
Genitive	*hunagas	*hunagō
Dative	*hunagē	*hunagum
Instrumental	*hunagu	*hunagum

Descendants

Old English: huniġ
- Middle English: hony, honi
  - Scots: huny, hony
  - English: honey
  - Yola: henee, honi
Old Frisian: hunig, hunich
- Saterland Frisian: Huunich
- West Frisian: hunich
Old Saxon: huneg, honeg
- Middle Low German: hōnich, honnich, hönich, höneg
  - Plautdietsch: Honnich
Old Dutch: honag, honog
- Middle Dutch: honech, honich, heunic
  - Dutch: honig
Old High German: honag, honeg
- Middle High German: honec, honic
  - German: Honig
  - Luxembourgish: Hunneg
  - Yiddish: האָניק‎ (honik)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 152: “PWGmc *honag / *hunag”

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[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 152: “PWGmc *honag / *hunag”