Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hunag

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 *hunagą.

Noun

*hunag n^[1]

honey

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hunag
Genitive	*hunagas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hunag	*hunagu
Accusative	*hunag	*hunagu
Genitive	*hunagas	*hunagō
Dative	*hunagē	*hunagum
Instrumental	*hunagu	*hunagum

Derived terms

*hunagōn

Descendants

Old English: huniġ
- Middle English: hony
  - English: honey (see there for further descendants)
  - Scots: honey, hony, huny, hinny
  - Yola: henee, honi
Old Frisian: hunig, hunich
- Saterland Frisian: Huunich
- West Frisian: hunich
Old Saxon: huneg, honeg, haneg
- Middle Low German: hōnich, honnich, hönich, höneg
  - German Low German: Hönnig
  - Plautdietsch: Honnich
Old Dutch: honag, honog
- Middle Dutch: honech, honich, heunic
  - Dutch: honig (archaic)
Old High German: honag, honeg
- Middle High German: honec, honic
  - Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: Honich
    
    Luxembourgish: Hunneg
  - Cimbrian: huunig, hone (Luserna)
  - German: Honig
  - Rhine Franconian: Honich, Hunich
    Frankfurterisch:
  - Vilamovian: hung
  - Yiddish: האָניק (honik)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 152: “PWGmc *honag / *hunag”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 152: “PWGmc *honag / *hunag”

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