Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hauniþu

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 Proto-Germanic *hauniþō. Equivalent to *haunī (“humiliated”) +‎ *-iþu (abstract noun suffix).

Noun

*hauniþu f

1. humiliation

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hauniþu
Genitive	*hauniþā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hauniþu	*hauniþō
Accusative	*hauniþā	*hauniþā
Genitive	*hauniþā	*hauniþō
Dative	*hauniþē	*hauniþōm, *hauniþum
Instrumental	*hauniþu	*hauniþōm, *hauniþum

Descendants

• Old English: hīenþu, hȳnþ, hȳnþu, hēnþo
  • Middle English: henthe, hinth
• Old Frisian: hānethe
• Old Saxon: hōnitha
  • Middle Low German: honede
• Old Dutch: hōnitha
  • Middle Dutch: hôonde, hôonte
    • Dutch: hoonte
• Old High German: hōnida
• → Medieval Latin: haunta
  • Old French: honte (see there for further descendants)