Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwannō

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 *ḱwenHdʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxʷɑn.nɔː/

Noun

*hwannō f

1. angelica (genus Angelica)

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *hwannō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hwannō	*hwannôz
vocative	*hwannō	*hwannôz
accusative	*hwannǭ	*hwannōz
genitive	*hwannōz	*hwannǫ̂
dative	*hwannōi	*hwannōmaz
instrumental	*hwannō	*hwannōmiz

Descendants

• Old Norse: hvǫnn
  • Danish: kvan c, kvanne c
  • Faroese: hvonn f
  • Icelandic: hvönn f
  • Norwegian (Nynorsk): kvann f, kvanne f or m
  • Swedish: kvanne c, kvann c (in dialects also kvanna f)
  • → Greenlandic: kuaneq
• → Proto-Samic:
  • Lule Sami: faddnu
  • Northern Sami: faddnu