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”), possibly through earlier *hanā as evidenced by Proto-Finnic *kana. Cognate with Latin canō, cantō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɑ.nɔːː/

Noun

*hanô m

1. rooster, cock

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension 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

• *kukkaz

Related terms

• *hanjō
• *hōną
• *hōnijǭ

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hanō
  • Old English: hana
    • Middle English: *hane (attested in hane-crau)
  • Old Frisian: hona, hana
    • North Frisian: hon, höön
    • Saterland Frisian: Hone
    • West Frisian: hoanne
  • Old Saxon: hano
    • Middle Low German: hāne
      • German Low German: Hahn
  • Old Dutch: *hano
    • Middle Dutch: hāne
      • Dutch: haan
  • Old High German: hano
    • Middle High German: hane, han
      • Alemannic German: Haane
      • Central Franconian:

        Hunsrik: Haan

      • Cimbrian: haano, hå
      • German: Hahn
      • Luxembourgish: Hunn
      • Rhine Franconian:

        Pennsylvania German: Haahne

      • Yiddish: האָן (hon)
  • → Old French:
    • ⇒ Old French: haneton
      • French: hanneton (see there for further descendants)
• Old Norse: hani
  • Icelandic: hani
  • Faroese: hani
  • Norwegian: hane
  • Old Swedish: hani
    • Swedish: hane
  • Danish: hane
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰 (hana)
• Crimean Gothic: ano

From earlier *hanā:

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