Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hōną

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

Vṛddhi-derivative of *hanô (“cock, rooster”)^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxɔː.nɑ̃/

Noun

*hōną n

hen, chicken

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hōną (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hōną	*hōnō
vocative	*hōną	*hōnō
accusative	*hōną	*hōnō
genitive	hōnas, hōnis	*hōnǫ̂
dative	*hōnai	*hōnamaz
instrumental	*hōnō	*hōnamiz

Related terms

Derived terms

*hōnijǭ

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *hōn
- Old Saxon: hōn
  - Middle Low German: hōn
    - Low German: Hohn
- Old Dutch: *hōn, *huon
  - Middle Dutch: hoen
    - Dutch: hoen, hoender
      - Afrikaans: hoender
      - Negerhollands: hoener, hundu, hunder, hun
        → Virgin Islands Creole: hundu (dated)
- Old High German: huon
  - Middle High German: huon
    - Alemannic German: Hue
    - Central Franconian: Hohn, Huhn (southern Moselle Franconian), Honn (Aachen)
    - Cimbrian: huun
    - German: Huhn
    - Luxembourgish: Hong
    - Yiddish: הון (hun)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “honiz”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 240

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “honiz”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 240

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