Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hunagą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Alternative forms

*hunangą

Etymology

From earlier *hunangą, from pre-Germanic *kn̥h₂onkós, from Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂ónks (gen. *kn̥h₂n̥kós).

Noun

*hunagą n

honey

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hunagą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hunagą	*hunagō
vocative	*hunagą	*hunagō
accusative	*hunagą	*hunagō
genitive	hunagas, hunagis	*hunagǫ̂
dative	*hunagai	*hunagamaz
instrumental	*hunagō	*hunagamiz

Derived terms

*hunagaswōtuz

Descendants

Old English: huniġ
- Middle English: hony, honi
  - Scots: huny, hony
  - English: honey
  - Yola: henee, honi
Old Frisian: hunig, hunich
- Saterland Frisian: Huunich
- West Frisian: hunich
Old Saxon: huneg, honeg
- Middle Low German: hōnich, honnich, hönich, höneg
  - Plautdietsch: Honnich
Old Dutch: honag, honog
- Middle Dutch: honech, honich, heunic
  - Dutch: honig
Old High German: honag, honeg
- Middle High German: honec, honic
  - German: Honig
  - Luxembourgish: Hunneg
  - Yiddish: האָניק‎ (honik)
Old Norse: *hunag
- Old Swedish: hunagh, honugh, hanigh, hānagh
- Old Danish: hunagh, honugh, hunægh, honigh
  - Middle Danish: hunnig, honnig
- Scanian: hanağ
→ Finnish: hunaja