Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hanō

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 *hanô.

Noun

*hanō m

1. cock, rooster

   Synonym: *kokk

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hanō
Genitive	*hanini, *hanan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hanō	*hanan
Accusative	*hanan	*hanan
Genitive	*hanini, *hanan	*hananō
Dative	*hanini, *hanan	*hanum
Instrumental	*hanini, *hanan	*hanum

Descendants

• Old English: hana
  • Middle English: *hane (attested in hane-crau)
• Old Frisian: hona, hana
  • North Frisian: hon, höön
  • Saterland Frisian: Hone
  • West Frisian: hoanne
• Old Saxon: hano
  • Middle Low German: hāne
    • German Low German: Hahn
• Old Dutch: *hano
  • Middle Dutch: hāne
    • Dutch: haan
• Old High German: hano
  • Middle High German: hane, han
    • Alemannic German: Haane
    • Central Franconian:

      Hunsrik: Haan

    • Cimbrian: haano, hå
    • German: Hahn
    • Luxembourgish: Hunn
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Pennsylvania German: Haahne

    • Yiddish: האָן (hon)
• → Old French:
  • ⇒ Old French: haneton
    • French: hanneton (see there for further descendants)