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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

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

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
    • Old Dutch: honag, honog
      • Middle Dutch: honech, honich, heunic
    • Old High German: honag, honeg
      • Middle High German: honec, honic
        • Central Franconian:
          Hunsrik: Honich
          Luxembourgish: Hunneg
        • Cimbrian: huunig, hone
        • 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
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