Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/unnan

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 Proto-Germanic *unnaną.

Verb

*unnan[1]

to grant

Inflection

*ann, *ant, *unnun, *unþā, *unnan

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

*gaunnan
- Old English: ġeunnan
  - Middle English: iunnen
- Old Frisian:
  - North Frisian: gunne
- Old Saxon: giunnan
  - Middle Low German: günnen
    - Low German: günnen
- Old Dutch: *giunnan
  - Middle Dutch: gunnen
    - Dutch: gunnen
      - Afrikaans: gun
      - Negerhollands: gun
      - → Papiamentu: gun (dated)
    - West Flemish: jeunn, jeunen
- Old High German: giunnan
  - Middle High German: gunnen
    - Cimbrian: günnan
    - German: gönnen
    - Luxembourgish: gënnen, gonnen
    - Yiddish: גינען (ginen)

Descendants

Old English: unnan
- Middle English: unnen, one, unne, unnon
Old Frisian: unna
Old Saxon: unnan
Old Dutch: ᚨᚾᚾ (ann, 1st/3rd person singular)
- Middle Dutch: onnen, unnen
Old High German: unnan

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 101: “*unnan”

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[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 101: “*unnan”