Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hunangą

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 pre-Germanic *kn̥h₂onkós, from Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂ónks (gen. *kn̥h₂n̥kós).^[1]

Noun

*hunangą n

Alternative form of *hunagą

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hunangą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hunangą	*hunangō
vocative	*hunangą	*hunangō
accusative	*hunangą	*hunangō
genitive	hunangas, hunangis	*hunangǫ̂
dative	*hunangai	*hunangamaz
instrumental	*hunangō	*hunangamiz

Descendants

Old Frisian: *huning
- North Frisian: hönning, honning
- West Frisian: huning
Old Saxon: *huneg, *honeg
- Low German: hunnig, hunning, hünnig, hünning, hoanig, hoaning, höänig, höäning, huanig, huaning, hüänig, hüäning
Old Dutch: honog, *honang
- Middle Dutch: honinc
  - Dutch: honing
Old High German: honang
Old Norse: hunang
- Icelandic: hunang
- Faroese: hunangur, hunang
- Norwegian Nynorsk: huning, honing, honning
- Swedish: honung
- Danish: honning
  - Norwegian Bokmål: honning
- Gutnish: hånnungg

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hunanga-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 255-6

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hunanga-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 255-6

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