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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hīwōnō

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

Originally the plural of *hīwô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to be lying down”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈxiː.wɔː.nɔː/

Noun

*hīwōnō n pl[1]

  1. married couple, household

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *hīwōn
    • Old English: hīwan
    • Old Frisian: hiōne, hiūne, hīne
    • Old Saxon: hīwun, hīun
    • Middle Dutch: huwe sg f
    • Old High German: hīūn, hīwen, hīen, *hīwo
  • Old Norse: hjú, hjó, hjón

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hiwōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 227
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