Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aunaz

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 earlier *akʷnaz, contaminated by *awiz (“ewe”),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷ⁽ʰ⁾nós (“lamb”).

Noun

*aunaz m[2][3][1]

  1. lamb

Inflection

Declension of *aunaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *aunaz *aunōz, *aunōs
vocative *aun *aunōz, *aunōs
accusative *auną *aunanz
genitive *aunas, *aunis *aunǫ̂
dative *aunai *aunamaz
instrumental *aunō *aunamiz

Alternative reconstructions

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *aun
    • Old English: *ēan[5][6]
      • ⇒ Old English: ġeēan (“yeaning”, literally “with lamb”)
    • Old High German: *ōn

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, page 1: “PGmc noun *auna- “lamb””
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “ag(u̯)h-no-s”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 9: “*aunōn von *auna-”
  3. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 40: “PGm. noun *auna-”
  4. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*aʒwnōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 4: “*aʒwnaz”
  5. ^ Stiles, Patrick V. (2018) “Of Lambkins And Piglets In Old English And Beyond”, in Transactions of the Philological Society‎[3], volume 116, number 2, →DOI, page 5: “OE *ēan”
  6. ^ Köbler, Gerhard (2014) “*éan”, in Altenglisches Wörterbuch‎[4] (in German), 4th edition
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