Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/haguþorn

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 *hagu (“enclosure; pasture”) +‎ *þorn (“thorn; briar”).

Noun

*haguþorn m

hawthorn
Synonym: *hwītaþurnu

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*haguþorn
Genitive	*haguþornas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*haguþorn	haguþornō, haguþornōs
Accusative	*haguþorn	*haguþornā
Genitive	*haguþornas	*haguþornō
Dative	*haguþornē	*haguþornum
Instrumental	*haguþornu	*haguþornum

Descendants

Old English: haguþorn, hagaþorn, hæguþorn
- Middle English: hawthorn, haȝ þorn, haȝþorne, haue-thorne, hauȝ þorne, hauthorne, hauþorn, hauþorne, hawethorn, hawethorne, haweþorn, hawe-þorn, hawe þorn, hawȝþorn, hawthern, hawthorne, hawthorun, haw-thron, hawþrone
  - English: hawthorn
  - Scots: hawthorn
- → Old Norse: hagþorn
  - Old Swedish: haghþorn
    - Swedish: hagtorn
Old Saxon: haguthorn, haginthorn
- Middle Low German: hagedorn, hagendorn
Old Dutch: *haguthorn
- Middle Dutch: hāgedorn
  - Dutch: haagdoorn
  - Limburgish: haagdórn
Old High German: hagudorn, hagandorn
- Middle High German: hagedorn, hagendorn
  - German: Hagedorn