Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/haunijaną

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 *hauniz (“despised, poor, miserable”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɑu̯.ni.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*haunijaną

1. to humiliate, to dishonour

Inflection

Conjugation of *haunijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*haunijō	*haunijaų	—	*haunijai	?
2nd singular	*haunīsi	*haunijais	*haunī	*haunijasai	*haunijaisau
3rd singular	*haunīþi	*haunijai	*haunijaþau	*haunijaþai	*haunijaiþau
1st dual	*haunijōs	*haunijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*haunijaþiz	*haunijaiþiz	*haunijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*haunijamaz	*haunijaim	—	*haunijanþai	*haunijainþau
2nd plural	*haunīþ	*haunijaiþ	*haunīþ	*haunijanþai	*haunijainþau
3rd plural	*haunijanþi	*haunijain	*haunijanþau	*haunijanþai	*haunijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*haunidǭ	*haunidēdį̄
2nd singular	*haunidēz	*haunidēdīz
3rd singular	*haunidē	*haunidēdī
1st dual	*haunidēdū	*haunidēdīw
2nd dual	*haunidēdudiz	*haunidēdīdiz
1st plural	*haunidēdum	*haunidēdīm
2nd plural	*haunidēdud	*haunidēdīd
3rd plural	*haunidēdun	*haunidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*haunijandz	*haunidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *haunijan
  • Old English: hīenan
    • Middle English: henen
      • English: hean
  • Old Frisian: hēna
    • West Frisian: huynjen
  • Old Saxon: hōnian
    • Middle Low German: hônen, hönen
      • German Low German: höhnen
  • Old Dutch: *hōnen
    • Middle Dutch: hônen
      • Dutch: honen
  • Old High German: *hōnen
    • Middle High German: hōnen
      • German: höhnen
  • → Vulgar Latin: *haunīre (see there for further descendants)
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (haunjan)