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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hauniz

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

Derived from the Proto-Indo-European verbal root *keh₂u-, related to Lithuanian kuvetis (to be ashamed).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑu̯.niz/

Adjective

*hauniz

  1. despised, poor, miserable

Inflection

The descendants differ on whether the word was inflected as an a-stem or as an i-stem. Old High German has an i-stem, Old English an a-stem, and the Gothic nominative (the only attested form) could be either. However, it's more probable for an i-stem (a relatively rare class) to become an a-stem (very common) than the other way around, so it was likely an i-stem originally.


Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *haunī
    • Old English: hēan
      • Middle English: hene
    • Old Dutch: *hōni
    • Old High German: hōni
      • Middle High German: höne
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐍃 (hauns)

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “hawen-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 217
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