Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hunagą

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

Alternative forms

• *hunangą

Etymology

From earlier *hunangą, from pre-Germanic *kn̥h₂onkós, from Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂ónks (gen. *kn̥h₂n̥kós).

Noun

*hunagą n

1. honey

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hunagą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hunagą	*hunagō
vocative	*hunagą	*hunagō
accusative	*hunagą	*hunagō
genitive	*hunagas, *hunagis	*hunagǫ̂
dative	*hunagai	*hunagamaz
instrumental	*hunagō	*hunagamiz

Derived terms

• *hunagaswōtuz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hunag
  • Old English: huniġ
    • Middle English: hony
      • English: honey (see there for further descendants)
      • Scots: honey, hony, huny, hinny
      • Yola: henee, honi
  • Old Frisian: hunig, hunich
    • Saterland Frisian: Huunich
    • West Frisian: hunich
  • Old Saxon: huneg, honeg, haneg
    • Middle Low German: hōnich, honnich, hönich, höneg
      • German Low German: Hönnig
      • Plautdietsch: Honnich
  • Old Dutch: honag, honog
    • Middle Dutch: honech, honich, heunic
      • Dutch: honig (archaic)
  • Old High German: honag, honeg
    • Middle High German: honec, honic
      • Central Franconian:

        Hunsrik: Honich

        Luxembourgish: Hunneg

      • Cimbrian: huunig, hone (Luserna)
      • German: Honig
      • Rhine Franconian: Honich, Hunich

        Frankfurterisch: [hoːniʃ]

      • Yiddish: האָניק (honik)
• Old Norse: *hunag
  • Old Swedish: hunagh, honugh, hanigh, hānagh
  • Old Danish: hunagh, honugh, hunægh, honigh
    • Middle Danish: hunnig, honnig
  • Scanian: hanağ
• → Finnish: hunaja