*hurnijǭ

Runic: ᚺᚢᚱᚾᛁᛃᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈxur.ni.jɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

  1. a little horn; hook
  2. an angle; corner; nook

Etymology

From *hurną (‘horn’) + *-jǭ (diminutive suffix).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.hurnijǭhurnijōniz
Acc.hurnijōnųhurnijōnunz
Gen.hurnijōnizhurnijōnǫ̂
Dat.hurnijōnihurnijōmaz
Inst.hurnijōnēhurnijōmiz
Voc.hurnijǭhurnijōniz

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Descendants

  • *hurnijā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *hurna (Old Dutch)
      • horne (Middle Dutch)
  • *hurnijā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hyrne (Old English)
      • hyrne, hürne, hirne, herne (Middle English)
        • hirn, hern (English)
        • hirne, hirn (Scots)
  • *hurnijā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • herne, hirne (Old Frisian)
      • heern, hören, hjaarn, jaan (North Frisian)
      • Häidene (Saterland Frisian)
      • herne (West Frisian)
  • *hurnijā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *hurnia, *hornia (Old Saxon)
      • hurn, horne, harn, hoern (Middle Low German)
        • Hörn (German Low German)
  • hyrna (Old Norse)
    • hyrna (Faroese)
    • hyrna (Icelandic)
    • hyrning, hyrningr (Old Norse)
  • hyrna (Old Norse)
    • hjørne (Danish)
      • hjørne (Norwegian Bokmål)
        • hjørne (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • hyrna (Old Norse)
    • hyrni (Middle Norwegian)
      • hyrne (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • hyrna (Old Norse)
    • hyrna (Old Swedish)
      • hörna (Swedish)

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