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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hlunni
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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
Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Germanic *hlunniz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥nów-is ~ *ḱln̥w-éy-s, from *ḱl̥néwti (“to be listening”), related to *hleuþr (“noise”), *hlūd (“loud”).
Inflection
| i-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *hlunni | |
| Genitive | *hlunnī | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hlunni | *hlunnī |
| Accusative | *hlunni | *hlunnī |
| Genitive | *hlunnī | *hlunnijō |
| Dative | *hlunnī | *hlunnim, *hlunnijum |
| Instrumental | *hlunnī | *hlunnim, *hlunnijum |
Derived terms
- *hlunnjan
- Old English: hlynnan, hlynan
Descendants
Further reading
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 362
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “*k(e)len-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 550
References
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