Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hurnungaz

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

  • *hurningaz

Etymology

Perhaps cognate with Ancient Greek κύρνος (kúrnos, “bastard”) and Sanskrit कुण्ड (kuṇḍa, “adulterine, bastard”) for Proto-Indo-European *kurn- (“bastard”), but this root shape is problematic. Either an n-stem from a root *kwer- (zero-grade *kur-) or a post-PIE wanderwort.

Noun

*hurnungaz m

  1. bastard
  • *hurnō

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *hornung, *horning
    • Old English: hornung
    • Old Frisian: horning
    • Old Saxon: hornung, horning
      • Middle Low German: hornink, hōrninc
    • Old Dutch: *hornung, *horning
      • Middle Dutch: horninc
    • → Medieval Latin: ornungus, ornongus
    • Old High German: hornung
  • Old Norse: hornungr; (horna< *hurnō)
    • Icelandic: hornungur
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