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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hūnaz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱūnós (“swollen”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱew-, *ḱwā- (“to swell, spread out, enlarge, be strong”). Cognate with Lithuanian šūsnis (“stack, pile, heap”), Latin inciēns (“with child, pregnant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxuː.nɑz/
Noun
*hūnaz m
- something swollen; a swelling
- piece of wood; block; chip
- offspring; young
Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *hūnaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *hūnaz | *hūnōz, *hūnōs | |
vocative | *hūn | *hūnōz, *hūnōs | |
accusative | *hūną | *hūnanz | |
genitive | *hūnas, *hūnis | *hūnǫ̂ | |
dative | *hūnai | *hūnamaz | |
instrumental | *hūnō | *hūnamiz |
Descendants
- Old English: *hūn (attested in derivatives and personal names: Hūnbald, Ælfhūn, etc.)
- Middle English: hun, hune, houn, hownde (also possibly from Old Norse)
- Scots: hun, hune, huin
- English: hune, hound
- ⇒ Old English: sċealdhūn
- Middle English: hun, hune, houn, hownde (also possibly from Old Norse)
- Old Dutch: *hūn
- Middle Dutch: hūn, hūne
- Dutch: huin
- Middle Dutch: hūn, hūne
- Old High German: Hūn (in personal names)
- Alsatian: hünsch
- Old Norse: húnn
- Icelandic: húnn
- Norwegian: hun
- Old Swedish: hūn
- Old French: hune
- Middle French: hune
- French: hune
- Middle French: hune