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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ahanō

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂e(ḱ)-on-eh₂-, from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).[1] See also *ahaz (“ear (of grains)”) and Latin agna (“ear (of grains)”).

Noun

*ahanō f[1]

  1. chaff, awns
    Synonyms: *baraz (“awn?”), *kafą (“chaff”)

Inflection
Declension of *ahanō (ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
Nominative *ahanō *ahanôz
Vocative *ahanō *ahanôz
Accusative *ahanǭ *ahanōz
Genitive *ahanōz *ahanǫ̂
Dative *ahanōi *ahanōmaz
Instrumental *ahanō *ahanōmiz


Descendants
  • Old English: agnu, aegne, egenu
  • Old High German: agana, agena, agina
  • Old Norse: ǫgn
    • Icelandic: ögn
    • Faroese: øgn
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: agn, ogn
    • Norwegian Bokmål: agn
    • Old Danish: aghn
      • Danish: avne
      • → North Frisian:
        Föhr-Amrum: aagen
        Mooring-Sylt:
        Mooring: åågene
        Sylt: Aagen
        Wiedingharde: aagene
    • Swedish: agn
    • Elfdalian: aungen
    • →? Middle English: awne, agune, auene, aune, awene, awun
      • English: awn; awns
      • Scots: yawin, yavin, yewn
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰 (ahana)
  • → Proto-Finnic: *akana (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ahanō- ~ *aganō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 5
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