Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ahanō

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

Alternative forms

*aganō

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂e(ḱ)-on-eh₂-, from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). See also *ahaz (“ear (of grains)”) and Latin agna (“ear (of grains)”).

Noun

*ahanō f

chaff, awns
Synonyms: *baraz (“awn?”), *kafą (“chaff”)

Inflection

Declension of *ahanō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ahanō	*ahanôz
vocative	*ahanō	*ahanôz
accusative	*ahanǭ	*ahanōz
genitive	*ahanōz	*ahanǫ̂
dative	*ahanōi	*ahanōmaz
instrumental	*ahanō	*ahanōmiz

Descendants

Old English: agnu, aegne, egenu
Old High German: agana, agena, agina
- Middle High German: agene
  - German: Agen, Ahne
Old Norse: ǫgn
- Icelandic: ögn
- Faroese: øgn
- Norwegian Nynorsk: agn, ogn
- Norwegian Bokmål: agn
- Old Danish: aghn
  - Danish: avne
  - → North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: aagen
    Mooring-Sylt:
    Mooring: åågene
    Sylt: Aagen
    Wiedingharde: aagene
- Swedish: agn
- Elfdalian: aungen
- →? Middle English: awne, agune, auene, aune, awene, awun
  - English: awn; awns
  - Scots: yawin, yavin, yewn
Gothic: 𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰 (ahana)
→ Proto-Finnic: *akana (see there for further descendants)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ahanō- ~ *aganō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 5

Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “awn”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ahanō- ~ *aganō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 5