Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hōn

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 *hōną.

Noun

*hōn n

hen, chicken
Synonym: *hannju (“hen”)

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hōn
Genitive	*hōnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hōn	*hōnu
Accusative	*hōn	*hōnu
Genitive	*hōnas	*hōnō
Dative	*hōnē	*hōnum
Instrumental	*hōnu	*hōnum

Derived terms

*watarhōn

Related terms

Descendants

Old Saxon: hōn
- Middle Low German: hōn
  - Low German: Hohn
Old Dutch: *huon
- Middle Dutch: hoen
  - Dutch: hoen, hoender
    - Afrikaans: hoender
    - Negerhollands: hoener, hundu, hunder, hun
      - → Virgin Islands Creole: hundu (dated)
Old High German: huon
- Middle High German: huon
  - Alemannic German: Hue
  - Central Franconian: Hohn, Huhn (southern Moselle Franconian), Honn (Aachen)
  - Cimbrian: huun
  - German: Huhn
  - Luxembourgish: Hong
  - Yiddish: הון (hun)