Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hūkaną

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 an earlier *hūkkaną, itself back-formed from *hukkōną (to squat, sit hunched, cower).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxuː.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hūkaną[1]

  1. to squat

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *hūkō *hūkaų *hūkai ?
2nd singular *hūkizi *hūkaiz *hūk *hūkazai *hūkaizau
3rd singular *hūkidi *hūkai *hūkadau *hūkadai *hūkaidau
1st dual *hūkōz *hūkaiw
2nd dual *hūkadiz *hūkaidiz *hūkadiz
1st plural *hūkamaz *hūkaim *hūkandai *hūkaindau
2nd plural *hūkid *hūkaid *hūkid *hūkandai *hūkaindau
3rd plural *hūkandi *hūkain *hūkandau *hūkandai *hūkaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *hauk *hukį̄
2nd singular *hauht *hukīz
3rd singular *hauk *hukī
1st dual *hukū *hukīw
2nd dual *hukudiz *hukīdiz
1st plural *hukum *hukīm
2nd plural *hukud *hukīd
3rd plural *hukun *hukīn
present past
participles *hūkandz *hukanaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *hūkan
    • Westphalian: hûken
    • Old Dutch: *hūkan
      • Middle Dutch: hūken
    • Old High German: hūhhan
  • Old Norse: húka

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hūkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 252