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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-nó-m, from *ḱerh₂- (“head, horn”). Cognate with Latin cornū, Sanskrit शृङ्ग (ṡṛṅga, “horn”), Old Church Slavonic сръна (srŭna, “roedeer”), Hittite [script needed] (surna, “horn”)[script needed].[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*hurną n[1]
- horn
Inflection
Declension of *hurną (neuter a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*hurną
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*hurnō
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| vocative
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*hurną
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*hurnō
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| accusative
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*hurną
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*hurnō
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| genitive
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*hurnas, *hurnis
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*hurnǫ̂
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| dative
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*hurnai
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*hurnamaz
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| instrumental
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*hurnō
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*hurnamiz
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *horn
- Old English: horn
- Old Frisian: horn
- Old Saxon: horn
- Old Dutch: *horn (attested in plural horni)
- Old High German: horn
- Middle High German: horn
- Central Franconian:
- Hunsrik: Horn
- Luxembourgish: Har
- Cimbrian: hòrn
- German: Horn
- Rhine Franconian:
- Frankfurterisch: [hɔɐ̯n]
- Yiddish: האָרן (horn)
- Proto-Norse: ᚺᛟᚱᚾᚨ (horna) (attested on the Gallehus horns)
- Old Norse: horn
- → Proto-Samic: *vuornē (see there for further descendants)
- Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (haurn)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hurna-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 259