Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hōną

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

Etymology

Vṛddhi-derivative of *hanô (“cock, rooster”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɔː.nɑ̃/

Noun

*hōną n

1. hen, chicken

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hōną (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hōną	*hōnō
vocative	*hōną	*hōnō
accusative	*hōną	*hōnō
genitive	*hōnas, *hōnis	*hōnǫ̂
dative	*hōnai	*hōnamaz
instrumental	*hōnō	*hōnamiz

Related terms

• *hanô
• *hanjō

Derived terms

• *hōnijǭ

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hōn
  • Old Saxon: hōn
    • Middle Low German: hōn
      • Low German: Hohn
  • Old Dutch: *hōn, *huon
    • Middle Dutch: hoen
      • Dutch: hoen
        • Afrikaans: hoender
        • Negerhollands: hoener, hundu, hunder, hun
          • → Virgin Islands Creole: hundu (dated)
  • Old High German: huon
    • Middle High German: huon
      • Alemannic German: Hue
      • Central Franconian: Hohn, Huhn; Honn
      • Cimbrian: huun
      • German: Huhn
      • Luxembourgish: Hong
      • Yiddish: הון (hun)