*hīwōnō

Runic: ᚺᛁᚹᛟᚾᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈxiː.wɔː.nɔː/

noun · neuter · an-stem

Meanings

married couple, household

Etymology

Originally the plural of *hīwô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (‘to be lying down’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.–hīwōnō
Acc.–hīwōnō
Gen.–hīwanǫ̂
Dat.–hīwammaz
Inst.–hīwammiz
Voc.–hīwōnō

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Descendants

  • *hīwōn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • huwe (Middle Dutch)
    • hīwan (Old English)
    • hiōne, hiūne, hīne (Old Frisian)
    • hīwun, hīun (Old Saxon)
  • *hīwōn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hīūn, hīwen, hīen, *hīwo (Old High German)
      • hīe (Middle High German)
        • haje, hajar, hair (Cimbrian)
  • hjú (Old Norse)
    • hjún (Faroese)
    • hjón (Icelandic)
    • hjon (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • hjú (Old Norse)
    • hion, hiona (Old Danish)
      • hjon (Danish)
  • hjú (Old Norse)
    • hion (Old Swedish)
      • hjon (Swedish)
  • hjó (Old Norse)
    • hjún (Faroese)
    • hjón (Icelandic)
    • hjon (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • hjó (Old Norse)
    • hion, hiona (Old Danish)
      • hjon (Danish)
  • hjó (Old Norse)
    • hion (Old Swedish)
      • hjon (Swedish)
  • hjón (Old Norse)
    • hjún (Faroese)
    • hjón (Icelandic)
    • hjon (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • hjón (Old Norse)
    • hion, hiona (Old Danish)
      • hjon (Danish)
  • hjón (Old Norse)
    • hion (Old Swedish)
      • hjon (Swedish)

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