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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/worʀahanō

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
  • *worʀahōn n, *worʀahannijā f

Etymology

From *worʀō ~ *ūrzini, from Proto-Germanic *wurzô ~ *ūrziniz (“grouse”), + *hanō (“cock, rooster”).[1]

Noun

*worʀahanō m

  1. grouse, pheasant
    Synonym: *ūrʀahōn

Inflection
Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *worʀahanō
Genitive *worʀahanini, *worʀahanan
Singular Plural
Nominative *worʀahanō *worʀahanan
Accusative *worʀahanan *worʀahanan
Genitive *worʀahanini, *worʀahanan *worʀahananō
Dative *worʀahanini, *worʀahanan *worʀahanum
Instrumental *worʀahanini, *worʀahanan *worʀahanum

Descendants
  • Old English: worhana m, uuorhana, worhona, morhana, worhen f
  • Old Dutch: worhenna f (< *worʀahannijā)
    • Middle Dutch: woerhâne
      • Dutch: woerhaan
  • Old High German: orrehuon, orrehan, orhan n (< *worʀahōn)
    • Middle High German: orhan

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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