Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/horn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hurną.

Noun

*horn n^[1]

horn

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*horn
Genitive	*hornas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*horn	*hornu
Accusative	*horn	*hornu
Genitive	*hornas	*hornō
Dative	*hornē	*hornum
Instrumental	*hornu	*hornum

Derived terms

*hurnijan

Descendants

Old English: horn
- Middle English: horn, horne, orn
  - English: horn
  - Scots: horn
  - Yola: hoorn
Old Frisian: horn
- North Frisian: horn
- Saterland Frisian: Houden, (Strukelje) Hudden
- West Frisian: hoarn
Old Saxon: horn
- Middle Low German: horen, hōrn
  - Dutch Low Saxon: horn
  - German Low German: Hoorn
  - Plautdietsch: Huarn
Old Dutch: *horn (attested in plural horni)
- Middle Dutch: horn, horen
  - Dutch: hoorn, horen
    - Afrikaans: horing
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: hurun, hurunu, hornu
    - Negerhollands: horn
Old High German: horn
- Middle High German: horn
  - Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: Horn
    Luxembourgish: Har
  - Cimbrian: hòrn
  - German: Horn
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Frankfurterisch:
  - Yiddish: האָרן (horn)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 45: “PWGmc *horn”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 45: “PWGmc *horn”

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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/horn

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