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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aunōną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From earlier *ak(w)nōną, although influenced in form by *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós (“lamb”). Cognate with Latin agnus (“lamb”), Ancient Greek ἀμνός (amnós, “lamb”), Old Irish úan (“lamb”), Old Church Slavonic агнѧ (agnę, “lamb”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯.nɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*aunōną
- to lamb, yean
Inflection
Conjugation of *aunōną (weak class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *aunō | *aunǭ | — | *aunōi | ? |
| 2nd singular | *aunōsi | *aunōs | *aunō | *aunōsai | *aunōsau |
| 3rd singular | *aunōþi | *aunō | *aunōþau | *aunōþai | *aunōþau |
| 1st dual | *aunōs | *aunōw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *aunōþiz | *aunōþiz | *aunōþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *aunōmaz | *aunōm | — | *aunōnþai | *aunōnþau |
| 2nd plural | *aunōþ | *aunōþ | *aunōþ | *aunōnþai | *aunōnþau |
| 3rd plural | *aunōnþi | *aunōn | *aunōnþau | *aunōnþai | *aunōnþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *aunōdǭ | *aunōdēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *aunōdēz | *aunōdēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *aunōdē | *aunōdēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *aunōdēdū | *aunōdēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *aunōdēdudiz | *aunōdēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *aunōdēdum | *aunōdēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *aunōdēdud | *aunōdēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *aunōdēdun | *aunōdēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *aunōndz | *aunōdaz | |||
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *aunōn
- Old English: ēanian
- Middle English: enen, einde, enyen, enyn
- English: ean
- Scots: eenie
- Middle English: enen, einde, enyen, enyn
- Old Frisian: *ānia
- ⇒ Saterland Frisian: bejänne
- West Frisian: eandsje, inje, (antsje?)
- Old Saxon: *ōnon
- Middle Low German: *ônen
- → North Frisian: oone (Hallig)[1]
- Middle Low German: *ônen
- Old Dutch: *ōnon
- Middle Dutch: *ônen
- Dutch: onen (dialectal)
- Middle Dutch: *ônen
- Old English: ēanian
- Proto-Norse:
- Old Norse: *auna
- Old Swedish: öna
- Swedish: öna (dialectal, < *aunijaną?)
- Gutnish: åina[1]
- Old Swedish: öna
- Old Norse: *auna
References
- Patrick V. Stiles (February 2018), “Of Lambkins And Piglets In Old English And Beyond”, in Transactions of the Philological Society, volume 116, DOI: