Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hurną

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

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-nó-m, from *ḱerh₂- (“head, horn”). Cognate with Latin cornū, Sanskrit शृङ्ग (ṡṛṅga, “horn”), Old Church Slavonic сръна (srŭna, “roedeer”), Hittite [script needed] (surna, “horn”)[script needed].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxur.nɑ̃/

Noun

*hurną n

1. horn

Inflection

Declension of *hurną (neuter a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*hurną	*hurnō
vocative	*hurną	*hurnō
accusative	*hurną	*hurnō
genitive	*hurnas, *hurnis	*hurnǫ̂
dative	*hurnai	*hurnamaz
instrumental	*hurnō	*hurnamiz

Derived terms

• *hurnijǭ
• *hurningaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *horn
  • Old English: horn
    • Middle English: horn, horne, orn
      • English: horn
      • Scots: horn
      • Yola: hoorn
  • Old Frisian: horn
    • North Frisian: horn
    • Saterland Frisian: Houden, (Strukelje) Hudden
    • West Frisian: hoarn
  • Old Saxon: horn
    • Middle Low German: horen, hōrn
      • Dutch Low Saxon: horn
      • German Low German: Hoorn
      • Plautdietsch: Huarn
  • Old Dutch: *horn (attested in plural horni)
    • Middle Dutch: horn, horen
      • Dutch: hoorn, horen
        • Afrikaans: horing
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: hurun, hurunu, hornu
        • Negerhollands: horn
  • Old High German: horn
    • Middle High German: horn
      • Central Franconian:

        Hunsrik: Horn

        Luxembourgish: Har

      • Cimbrian: hòrn
      • German: Horn
      • Rhine Franconian:

        Frankfurterisch: [hɔɐ̯n]

      • Yiddish: האָרן (horn)
• Proto-Norse: ᚺᛟᚱᚾᚨ (horna) (attested on the Gallehus horns)
  • Old Norse: horn
    • Icelandic: horn
    • Faroese: horn
    • Norn: honnj
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: horn, (dialectal) hønn, henn, haurn
    • Old Swedish: horn
      • Swedish: horn
    • Danish: horn
      • Norwegian Bokmål: horn
  • → Proto-Samic: *vuornē (see there for further descendants)
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (haurn)