hunig

Middle English

Noun

hunig

Alternative form of hony

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hunag, from Proto-Germanic *hunagą. Cognate with Old Frisian hunig, Old Saxon honeg, and Old High German honag; also Old Norse hunang, from the alternative form *hunangą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxu.nij/, [ˈhu.nij]

Noun

huniġ n

honey

Derived terms

huniġbǣre
huniġcamb
huniġsūce, huniġsūge

Descendants

Middle English: hony
- English: honey (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: honey, hony, huny, hinny
- Yola: henee, honi

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