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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/worʀahanō
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Proto-West Germanic
Alternative forms
- *worʀahōn n, *worʀahannijā f
Etymology
From *worʀō ~ *ūrzini, from Proto-Germanic *wurzô ~ *ūrziniz (“grouse”), + *hanō (“cock, rooster”).[1]
Noun
*worʀahanō m
- grouse, pheasant
- Synonym: *ūrʀahōn
Inflection
| Masculine an-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *worʀahanō | |
| Genitive | *worʀahanini, *worʀahanan | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *worʀahanō | *worʀahanan |
| Accusative | *worʀahanan | *worʀahanan |
| Genitive | *worʀahanini, *worʀahanan | *worʀahananō |
| Dative | *worʀahanini, *worʀahanan | *worʀahanum |
| Instrumental | *worʀahanini, *worʀahanan | *worʀahanum |
Related terms
- *ūrʀahōn
Descendants
- Old English: worhana m, uuorhana, worhona, morhana, worhen f
- Old Dutch: worhenna f (< *worʀahannijā)
- Middle Dutch: woerhâne
- Dutch: woerhaan
- Middle Dutch: woerhâne
- Old High German: orrehuon, orrehan, orhan n (< *worʀahōn)
- Middle High German: orhan
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*urzan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 561