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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ūrʀahōn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Alternative forms
  • *ūrʀahannijā

Etymology

From *worʀō ~ *ūrzini, from Proto-Germanic *wurzô ~ *ūrziniz (“grouse”), + *hōn (“hen, chicken”).[1]

Noun

*ūrʀahōn n

  1. grouse, pheasant
    Synonym: *worʀahanō

Inflection
Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *ūrʀahōn
Genitive *ūrʀahōnas
Singular Plural
Nominative *ūrʀahōn *ūrʀahōnu
Accusative *ūrʀahōn *ūrʀahōnu
Genitive *ūrʀahōnas *ūrʀahōnō
Dative *ūrʀahōnē *ūrʀahōnum
Instrumental *ūrʀahōnu *ūrʀahōnum

Descendants
  • Old Saxon: *ūrhōn n, *ūrhania f (< *ūrʀahannijā)
    • Middle Low German: ûrhôn n, ûrhane f
      • German Low German: Urhane f
  • Old High German: ūrhuon n
    • Middle High German: ûrhan

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*urzan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 561
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