Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aun

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aunaz.

Noun

*aun m

  1. lamb

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *aun
Genitive *aunas
Singular Plural
Nominative *aun *aunō, *aunōs
Accusative *aun *aunā
Genitive *aunas *aunō
Dative *aunē *aunum
Instrumental *aunu *aunum

Reconstruction notes

If one in the same, only attested in given names.

Descendants

  • Old English: *ēan[1][2]
    • ⇒ Old English: ġeēan (“yeaning”, literally “with lamb”)
  • Old High German: *ōn

References

  1. ^ Stiles, Patrick V. (2018) “Of Lambkins And Piglets In Old English And Beyond”, in Transactions of the Philological Society‎[1], volume 116, number 2, →DOI, page 5: “OE *ēan”
  2. ^ Köbler, Gerhard (2014) “*éan”, in Altenglisches Wörterbuch‎[2] (in German), 4th edition

Further reading

  • Förstemann, Ernst (1900) “AUN”, in Altdeutsches Namenbuch‎[3] (in German), 2nd edition, volume I: Personennamen, Bonn: P. Hanstein's Verlag, →OCLC, column 207
  • Dietrich, F.E.C. (1845) Zeitschrift für deutsches Alterthum‎[4] (in German), volume 5, Leipzig: Weidmann, pages 222-223
  • Jacob Grimm (1843) Zeitschrift für deutsches Alterthum‎[5] (in German), volume 3, Leipzig: Weidmann, pages 144-146
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