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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hugōną

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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

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Synchronically analyzable as *hugiz (understanding, mind) +‎ *-ōną (verbal suffix).[1]

Verb

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*hugōną

  1. to have in mind, think
  2. to think about, consider
  3. to remember, recall

Inflection

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Descendants

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Note: Many descendants became conflated with the descendants of the related Proto-Germanic *hugjaną.

References

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  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xuʒōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 191