Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hurnutu

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 *hurnuta- ~ *hurnutô-, from Proto-Germanic *hurzô ~ *hurzniz (“hornet”) plus the animal suffix *-ut(a/ô)-, from an r/n-stem Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂sḗr ~ *ḱr̥h₂snós (“hornet”), from *ḱerh₂- (“head, horn”). Cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *śirˀšō (“hornet”), Latin crābrō (“hornet”).

Noun

*hurnutu f

  1. hornet

Inflection

ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *hurnutu
Genitive *hurnutā
Singular Plural
Nominative *hurnutu *hurnutō
Accusative *hurnutā *hurnutā
Genitive *hurnutā *hurnutō
Dative *hurnutē *hurnutōm, *hurnutum
Instrumental *hurnutu *hurnutōm, *hurnutum

Alternative reconstructions

  • *hur(ʀ)nitu, *hur(ʀ)natu[1]

Derived terms

  • *hurnuttjō, *hurnittjō, *hornattjō

Descendants

  • Old English: hyrnetu, hurnitu, hyrnet, hyrnette, hyrnytt
    • Middle English: hernet
  • Old Frisian:
    • West Frisian: hoarnbij
  • Old Saxon: *horneta, hurnut
    • Middle Low German: hornte, hornente, horntse
      • German Low German: Hörntje
      • German Low German: Hoornk
  • Old Dutch: *horneta
  • Old High German: hornaz, hornuz, hurniz
    • Middle High German: hornuz, horniz, harniz, harliz
  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hurnuta-/ō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 259
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