Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ūrʀahōn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Alternative forms

*ūrʀahannijā

Etymology

From *worʀō ~ *ūrzini, from Proto-Germanic *wurzô ~ *ūrziniz (“grouse”), + *hōn (“hen, chicken”).[1]

Noun

*ūrʀahōn n

grouse, pheasant
Synonym: *worʀahanō

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ūrʀahōn
Genitive	*ūrʀahōnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ūrʀahōn	*ūrʀahōnu
Accusative	*ūrʀahōn	*ūrʀahōnu
Genitive	*ūrʀahōnas	*ūrʀahōnō
Dative	*ūrʀahōnē	*ūrʀahōnum
Instrumental	*ūrʀahōnu	*ūrʀahōnum

Descendants

Old Saxon: *ūrhōn n, *ūrhania f (< *ūrʀahannijā)
- Middle Low German: ûrhôn n, ûrhane f
  - German Low German: Urhane f
Old High German: ūrhuon n
- Middle High German: ûrhan
  - German: Auerhuhn

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*urzan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 561

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*urzan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 561