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Reconstruction:Latin/haunire

This Latin 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.

Latin

Etymology

From Frankish *haunijan (humiliate, dishonour).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hau̯ˈniːr/

Verb

*haunīre (Proto-Gallo-Romance)

  1. to shame, to humiliate, to dishonour

Conjugation

Reconstruction notes

/s/ went on to spread to many more conjugations in northern Gallo-Romance.

Attested in Old French from ca. 1100 CE as hunir (Song of Roland).[1]

Descendants

  • Gascon: haunir, honir
  • Old French: honir (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Occitan: aunir (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. honnir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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