Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/haguþorn

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

Etymology

From *hagu (“enclosure; pasture”) +‎ *þorn (“thorn; briar”).

Noun

*haguþorn m

1. hawthorn

   Synonym: *hwītaþurnu

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*haguþorn
Genitive	*haguþornas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*haguþorn	*haguþornō, *haguþornōs
Accusative	*haguþorn	*haguþornā
Genitive	*haguþornas	*haguþornō
Dative	*haguþornē	*haguþornum
Instrumental	*haguþornu	*haguþornum

Descendants

• Old English: haguþorn, hagaþorn, hæguþorn
  • Middle English: hawthorn, haȝ þorn, haȝþorne, haue-thorne, hauȝ þorne, hauthorne, hauþorn, hauþorne, hawethorn, hawethorne, haweþorn, hawe-þorn, hawe þorn, hawȝþorn, hawthern, hawthorne, hawthorun, haw-thron, hawþrone
    • English: hawthorn
    • Scots: hawthorn
  • → Old Norse: hagþorn
    • Old Swedish: haghþorn
      • Swedish: hagtorn
• Old Saxon: haguthorn, haginthorn
  • Middle Low German: hagedorn, hagendorn
• Old Dutch: *haguthorn
  • Middle Dutch: hāgedorn
    • Dutch: haagdoorn
    • Limburgish: haagdórn
• Old High German: hagudorn, hagandorn
  • Middle High German: hagedorn, hagendorn
    • German: Hagedorn