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 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

From *hauniz (“despised, poor, miserable”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑu̯.ni.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*haunijaną

  1. to humiliate, to dishonour

Inflection

Conjugation of *haunijaną (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *haunijō *haunijaų — *haunijai ?
2nd singular *haunīsi *haunijais *haunī *haunijasai *haunijaisau
3rd singular *haunīþi *haunijai *haunijaþau *haunijaþai *haunijaiþau
1st dual *haunijōs *haunijaiw — — —
2nd dual *haunijaþiz *haunijaiþiz *haunijaþiz — —
1st plural *haunijamaz *haunijaim — *haunijanþai *haunijainþau
2nd plural *haunīþ *haunijaiþ *haunīþ *haunijanþai *haunijainþau
3rd plural *haunijanþi *haunijain *haunijanþau *haunijanþai *haunijainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *haunidǭ *haunidēdį̄
2nd singular *haunidēz *haunidēdīz
3rd singular *haunidē *haunidēdī
1st dual *haunidēdū *haunidēdīw
2nd dual *haunidēdudiz *haunidēdīdiz
1st plural *haunidēdum *haunidēdīm
2nd plural *haunidēdud *haunidēdīd
3rd plural *haunidēdun *haunidēdīn
present past
participles *haunijandz *haunidaz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hawēn- 1”, in 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/
    • haunjan- page *haunjan-]
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xaunjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 166
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