Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hūkaną

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 an earlier *hūkkaną, itself back-formed from *hukkōną (“to squat, sit hunched, cower”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxuː.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hūkaną

1. to squat

Inflection

Conjugation of *hūkaną (strong class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hūkō	*hūkaų	—	*hūkai	?
2nd singular	*hūkizi	*hūkaiz	*hūk	*hūkazai	*hūkaizau
3rd singular	*hūkidi	*hūkai	*hūkadau	*hūkadai	*hūkaidau
1st dual	*hūkōz	*hūkaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*hūkadiz	*hūkaidiz	*hūkadiz	—	—
1st plural	*hūkamaz	*hūkaim	—	*hūkandai	*hūkaindau
2nd plural	*hūkid	*hūkaid	*hūkid	*hūkandai	*hūkaindau
3rd plural	*hūkandi	*hūkain	*hūkandau	*hūkandai	*hūkaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hauk	*hukį̄
2nd singular	*hauht	*hukīz
3rd singular	*hauk	*hukī
1st dual	*hukū	*hukīw
2nd dual	*hukudiz	*hukīdiz
1st plural	*hukum	*hukīm
2nd plural	*hukud	*hukīd
3rd plural	*hukun	*hukīn
	present	past
participles	*hūkandz	*hukanaz

Related terms

• *heuhmô
• *hauhaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hūkan
  • Westphalian: hûken
  • Old Dutch: *hūkan
    • Middle Dutch: hūken
      • Dutch: huiken
  • Old High German: hūhhan
    • Middle High German: hūchen
• Old Norse: húka
  • Faroese: húka
  • Old Swedish: húka