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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *hauniz (“despised, poor, miserable”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
Verb
*haunijaną[1][2]
- to humiliate, to dishonour
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hawēn- 1”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, [https://archive.org/details/etymological-dictionary-of-proto-germanic/page/
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xaunjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 166