Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aunōną

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

From *aunaz (lamb) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯.nɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*aunōną

  1. to lamb, yean

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *aunō *aunǭ *aunōi ?
2nd singular *aunōsi *aunōs *aunō *aunōsai *aunōsau
3rd singular *aunōþi *aunō *aunōþau *aunōþai *aunōþau
1st dual *aunōs *aunōw
2nd dual *aunōþiz *aunōþiz *aunōþiz
1st plural *aunōmaz *aunōm *aunōnþai *aunōnþau
2nd plural *aunōþ *aunōþ *aunōþ *aunōnþai *aunōnþau
3rd plural *aunōnþi *aunōn *aunōnþau *aunōnþai *aunōnþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *aunōdǭ *aunōdēdį̄
2nd singular *aunōdēz *aunōdēdīz
3rd singular *aunōdē *aunōdēdī
1st dual *aunōdēdū *aunōdēdīw
2nd dual *aunōdēdudiz *aunōdēdīdiz
1st plural *aunōdēdum *aunōdēdīm
2nd plural *aunōdēdud *aunōdēdīd
3rd plural *aunōdēdun *aunōdēdīn
present past
participles *aunōndz *aunōdaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *aunōn
    • Old English: ēanian
      • Middle English: enen, einde, enyen, enyn
        • English: ean
        • Scots: eenie
    • Old Frisian: *ānia
      • Saterland Frisian: bejänne
      • West Frisian: eandsje, inje, (antsje?)
    • Old Saxon: *ōnon
      • Middle Low German: *ônen
        • North Frisian: oone (Hallig)[1]
    • Old Dutch: *ōnon
  • Old Norse: *auna
    • Old Swedish: öna
      • Swedish: öna (dialectal, < *aunijaną?)
    • Gutnish: åina[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Stiles, Patrick V. (2018) “Of Lambkins And Piglets In Old English And Beyond”, in Transactions of the Philological Society[1], volume 116, number 2, →DOI