Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hurznutō

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

*hurznatō, *hurznitō

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *krH-s-r-o/en- (“hornet”, literally “the one with horns (antennae)”), from *ḱerh₂- (“horn”). Cognate with Latin crābrō (“hornet”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxurz.nu.tɔː/

Noun

*hurznutō f

hornet

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *hurznutō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hurznutō	*hurznutôz
vocative	*hurznutō	*hurznutôz
accusative	*hurznutǭ	*hurznutōz
genitive	*hurznutōz	*hurznutǫ̂
dative	*hurznutōi	*hurznutōmaz
instrumental	*hurznutō	*hurznutōmiz

Related terms

*hurslō, *hurzulǭ

Descendants

Old English: hurnitu, hyrnetu, hyrnet, hyrnette, hyrnytt
- Middle English: hernet
  - Scots: hornet
  - English: hornet
Old Frisian:
- West Frisian: hoarnbij
Old Saxon: *horneta, hurnut
- Middle Low German: hornte, hornente, horntse
  - German Low German: Hörntje
  - Low German: Hoornk
Old Dutch: *horneta
- Middle Dutch: hornete, hornte, hornet
  - Dutch: hoorntje, hoorn, hoornaar
Old High German: hornaz, hornuz, hurniz, *hornezza, *hornizzo, *horneiz, *hornuh
- Middle High German: hornuz, horniz, harniz, harliz
  - German: Hornisse, Hornissel