Derived from the Proto-Indo-European verbal root *keh₂u-, related to Lithuanian kuvetis (“to be ashamed”).[1]
*hauniz
The descendants differ on whether the word was inflected as an a-stem or as an i-stem. Old High German has an i-stem, Old English an a-stem, and the Gothic nominative (the only attested form) could be either. However, it's more probable for an i-stem (a relatively rare class) to become an a-stem (very common) than the other way around, so it was likely an i-stem originally.
strong declension | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
nominative | *hauniz | *haunijai | *haunī | *haunijôz | *haunį, *-jatō | *haunijō |
accusative | *haunijanǭ | *haunijanz | *haunijǭ | *haunijōz | *haunį, *-jatō | *haunijō |
genitive | *haunijas, *haunīs | *haunijaizǫ̂ | *haunijaizōz | *haunijaizǫ̂ | *haunijas, *haunīs | *haunijaizǫ̂ |
dative | *haunijammai | *haunijaimaz | *haunijaizōi | *haunijaimaz | *haunijammai | *haunijaimaz |
instrumental | *haunijanō | *haunijaimiz | *haunijaizō | *haunijaimiz | *haunijanō | *haunijaimiz |
weak declension | ||||||
masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
nominative | *haunijô | *haunijaniz | *haunijǭ | *haunijōniz | *haunijô | *haunijōnō |
accusative | *haunijanų | *haunijanunz | *haunijōnų | *haunijōnunz | *haunijô | *haunijōnō |
genitive | *haunīniz | *haunijanǫ̂ | *haunijōniz | *haunijōnǫ̂ | *haunīniz | *haunijanǫ̂ |
dative | *haunīni | *haunijammaz | *haunijōni | *haunijōmaz | *haunīni | *haunijammaz |
instrumental | *haunīnē | *haunijammiz | *haunijōnē | *haunijōmiz | *haunīnē | *haunijammiz |