Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hurnutu

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

Etymology

From *hur(ʀ)n- (“hornet”) +‎ *-ut (animal suffix) +‎ *-u, from Proto-Germanic *hurzô ~ *hurzniz (“hornet”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱérh₂s-ō ~ *ḱr̥h₂s-nés (“hornet”), from *ḱerh₂- (“head, horn”) +‎ *-s- +‎ *-ō. Cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *śirˀšō (“hornet”), Latin crābrō (“hornet”).

Noun

*hor(ʀ)nutu f

hornet

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hurnutu
Genitive	*hurnutā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hurnutu	*hurnutō
Accusative	*hurnutā	*hurnutā
Genitive	*hurnutā	*hurnutō
Dative	*hurnutē	hurnutōm, hurnutum
Instrumental	*hurnutu	hurnutōm, hurnutum

Alternative reconstructions

*hur(ʀ)nitu, *hur(ʀ)natu

Derived terms

*hurnuttjō, *hurnittjō, *hornattjō

Descendants

Old English: hyrnetu, hurnitu, hyrnet, hyrnette, hyrnytt
- Middle English: hernet
  - English: hornet
  - Scots: hornet
Old Frisian:
- West Frisian: hoarnbij
Old Saxon: *horneta, hurnut
- Middle Low German: hornte, hornente, horntse
  - German Low German: Hörntje
  - German Low German: Hoornk
Old Dutch: *horneta
- Middle Dutch: hornete, hornte, hornet
  - Dutch: hoorntje, hoorn, hoornaar
Old High German: hornaz, hornuz, hurniz
- Middle High German: hornuz, horniz, harniz, harliz
  - German: Hornisse, Hornissel

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