Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hōnijǭ

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 Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”).[1] Related to *hanô (“rooster”), *hanjō (“hen”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɔː.ni.jɔ̃ː/

Noun

*hōnijǭ f

  1. hen

Inflection

Declension of *hōnijǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hōnijǭ *hōnijōniz
vocative *hōnijǭ *hōnijōniz
accusative *hōnijōnų *hōnijōnunz
genitive *hōnijōniz *hōnijōnǫ̂
dative *hōnijōni *hōnijōmaz
instrumental *hōnijōnē *hōnijōmiz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: hǿna
    • Icelandic: hæna
    • Faroese: høna
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: høna, høne; (dialectal) hæn(n)e
    • Old Swedish: hø̄na f
    • Danish: høne c
      • Norwegian Bokmål: høne f or m

References

  1. ^ “høne” in Den Danske Ordbog
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