Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hurnijǭ

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 *hurną (“horn”) +‎ *-jǭ (diminutive suffix).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxur.ni.jɔ̃ː/

Noun

*hurnijǭ f^[1]

a little horn; hook
an angle; corner; nook

Inflection

Declension of *hurnijǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hurnijǭ	*hurnijōniz
vocative	*hurnijǭ	*hurnijōniz
accusative	*hurnijōnų	*hurnijōnunz
genitive	*hurnijōniz	*hurnijōnǫ̂
dative	*hurnijōni	*hurnijōmaz
instrumental	*hurnijōnē	*hurnijōmiz

Synonyms

*hurningaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *hurnijā
- Old English: hyrne
  - Middle English: hyrne, hürne, hirne, herne
    - Scots: hirne, hirn
    - English: hirn, hern
- Old Frisian: herne, hirne
  - North Frisian: heern, hören, hjaarn, jaan
  - Saterland Frisian: Häidene
  - West Frisian: herne
- Old Saxon: *hurnia, *hornia
  - Middle Low German: hurn, horne, harn, hoern
    - German Low German: Hörn
- Old Dutch: *hurna
  - Middle Dutch: horne
Old Norse: hyrna
- Icelandic: hyrna
- Faroese: hyrna
- Middle Norwegian: hyrni
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: hyrne
- Old Swedish: hyrna
  - Swedish: hörna
- Danish: hjørne
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: hjørne
    - → Norwegian Nynorsk: hjørne
- ⇒ Old Norse: hyrning
- ⇒ Old Norse: hyrningr

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xurnjōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 195

[HGE-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xurnjōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 195

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