Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hūnaz

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 Proto-Indo-European *ḱūnós (“swollen”), whence also Sanskrit शुन (śuná, “thriving”), from an n-stem or heteroclitic r/n-stem derived from the root *ḱewh₁-, *ḱweh₁- (“to swell, spread out, enlarge, be strong”). Further cognate with Lithuanian šūsnis (“stack, pile, heap”), Latin inciēns (“with child, pregnant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxuː.nɑz/

Noun

*hūnaz m

1. something swollen; a swelling
2. piece of wood; block; chip
3. offspring; young

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *hūnaz (masculine a-stem)
	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
• Old Dutch: *hūn
  • Middle Dutch: hūn, hūne
    • Dutch: huin
• 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
• Vandalic: *hūna- (in personal names)