Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hūnaz

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 *ḱūnós (“swollen”), whence also Sanskrit शुन (śuná, “thriving”), from an n-stem or heteroclitic r/n-stem derived from the root *ḱewh₁-, *ḱweh₁- (“to swell, spread out, enlarge, be strong”). Further cognate with Lithuanian šūsnis (“stack, pile, heap”), Latin inciēns (“with child, pregnant”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxuː.nɑz/

Noun

*hūnaz m

something swollen; a swelling
piece of wood; block; chip
offspring; young

Inflection

Declension of *hūnaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hūnaz	hūnōz, hūnōs
vocative	*hūn	hūnōz, hūnōs
accusative	*hūną	*hūnanz
genitive	hūnas, hūnis	*hūnǫ̂
dative	*hūnai	*hūnamaz
instrumental	*hūnō	*hūnamiz

Descendants

Old English: *hūn (attested in derivatives and personal names: Hūnbald, Ælfhūn, etc.)
- Middle English: hun, hune, houn, hownde (also possibly from Old Norse)
  - Scots: hun, hune, huin
  - English: hune, hound
- ⇒ Old English: sċealdhūn
Old Dutch: *hūn
- Middle Dutch: hūn, hūne
  - Dutch: huin
Old High German: Hūn- (in personal names)
- Alsatian: hünsch
Old Norse: húnn
- Icelandic: húnn
- Norwegian: hun
- Old Swedish: hūn
- → Old French: hune
  - Middle French: hune
    - French: hune
Vandalic: *hūna- (in personal names)