Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hanô

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

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”),[1] possibly through earlier *hanā as evidenced by Proto-Finnic *kana. Cognate with Latin canō, cantō.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈxɑ.nɔːː/
    • Rhymes: -ɑ.nɔːː

    Noun

    *hanô m

    1. rooster, cock

    Inflection

    Declension of *hanô (masculine an-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *hanô *hananiz
    vocative *hanô *hananiz
    accusative *hananų *hananunz
    genitive *haniniz *hananǫ̂
    dative *hanini *hanammaz
    instrumental *haninē *hanammiz

    Synonyms

    Descendants

    • Proto-West Germanic: *hanō
      • Old English: hana
        • Middle English: *hane (attested in hane-crau)
      • Old Frisian: hona, hana
      • Old Saxon: hano
        • Middle Low German: hāne
          • German Low German: Hahn
      • Old Dutch: *hano
      • Old High German: hano
      • → Old French: hanon
        • ⇒ Old French: haneton
      • → Medieval Latin: *hannas, *channas, annas, cannas (Malberg glosses)
    • Old Norse: hani
    • Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰 (hana)
    • Crimean Gothic: ano

    From earlier *hanā:

    • → Proto-Finnic: *kana (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hanan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 207
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