Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hanô

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] possibly through earlier *hanā as evidenced by Proto-Finnic *kana. Cognate with Latin canō, cantō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑ.nɔːː/

Noun

*hanô m

  1. rooster, cock

Inflection

Declension of *hanô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hanô *hananiz
vocative *hanô *hananiz
accusative *hananų *hananunz
genitive *haniniz *hananǫ̂
dative *hanini *hanammaz
instrumental *haninē *hanammiz

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *hanō
    • Old English: hana
      • Middle English: *hane (attested in hane-crau)
    • Old Frisian: hona, hana
    • Old Saxon: hano
      • Middle Low German: hāne
        • German Low German: Hahn
    • Old Dutch: *hano
    • Old High German: hano
    • → Old French: hanon
      • ⇒ Old French: haneton
  • Old Norse: hani
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰 (hana)
  • Crimean Gothic: ano

From earlier *hanā:

  • → Proto-Finnic: *kana (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hanan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 207
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