Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hurną

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 Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-nó-m, from *ḱerh₂- (“head, horn”). Cognate with Latin cornū, Sanskrit शृङ्ग (ṡṛṅga, “horn”), Old Church Slavonic сръна (srŭna, “roedeer”), Hittite [script needed] (surna, “horn”)[script needed].

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxur.nɑ̃/

Noun

*hurną n

horn

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hurną (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hurną	*hurnō
vocative	*hurną	*hurnō
accusative	*hurną	*hurnō
genitive	hurnas, hurnis	*hurnǫ̂
dative	*hurnai	*hurnamaz
instrumental	*hurnō	*hurnamiz

Derived terms

*hurnijǭ
*hurningaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *horn
- 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: [hɔɐ̯n]
    - Yiddish: האָרן‎ (horn)
Proto-Norse: ᚺᛟᚱᚾᚨ (horna) (attested on the Gallehus horns)
- Old Norse: horn
  - Icelandic: horn
  - Faroese: horn
  - Norn: honnj
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: horn, (dialectal) hønn
  - Old Swedish: horn
    - Swedish: horn
  - Danish: horn
    - Norwegian Bokmål: horn
Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (haurn)