Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hīwōnō

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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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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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