Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/unnan

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 *unnaną.

Verb

*unnan

1. to grant

Inflection

*ann, *ant, *unnun, *unþā, *unnan

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• *gaunnan
  • Old English: ġeunnan
    • Middle English: iunnen
  • Old Frisian:
    • North Frisian: gunne
  • Old Saxon: giunnan
    • Middle Low German: günnen
      • Low German: günnen
  • Old Dutch: *giunnan
    • Middle Dutch: gunnen
      • Dutch: gunnen
        • Afrikaans: gun
        • Negerhollands: gun
        • → Papiamentu: gun (dated)
      • West Flemish: jeunn, jeunen
  • Old High German: giunnan
    • Middle High German: gunnen
      • Cimbrian: günnan
      • German: gönnen
      • Luxembourgish: gënnen, gonnen
      • Yiddish: גינען (ginen)

Descendants

• Old English: unnan
  • Middle English: unnen, one, unne, unnon
• Old Frisian: unna
• Old Saxon: unnan
• Old Dutch: ᚨᚾᚾ (ann, 1st/3rd person singular)
  • Middle Dutch: onnen, unnen
• Old High German: unnan