*hūnaz

Runic: ᚺᚢᚾᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈxuː.nɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

  1. something swollen; a swelling
  2. piece of wood; block; chip
  3. offspring; young

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱūnós (‘swollen’), whence also Sanskrit शुन (śuná) (śuná, ‘thriving’), from an n-stem or heteroclitic r/n-stem derived from the root *ḱewh₁-, *ḱweh₁- (‘to swell, spread out, enlarge, be strong’). Further cognate with Lithuanian šūsnis (‘stack, pile, heap’), Latin inciēns (‘with child, pregnant’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.hūnazhūnōz, hūnōs
Acc.hūnąhūnanz
Gen.hūnas, hūnishūnǫ̂
Dat.hūnaihūnamaz
Inst.hūnōhūnamiz
Voc.hūnhūnōz, hūnōs

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Descendants

  • *hūn (Old English)
    • sċealdhūn (Old English)
  • *hūn (Old English)
    • hun, hune, houn, hownde (Middle English)
      • hune, hound (English)
      • hun, hune, huin (Scots)
  • (attested in derivatives and personal names: Hūnbald
    • sċealdhūn (Old English)
  • (attested in derivatives and personal names: Hūnbald
    • hun, hune, houn, hownde (Middle English)
      • hune, hound (English)
      • hun, hune, huin (Scots)
  • (attested in derivatives and personal names: Ælfhūn
    • sċealdhūn (Old English)
  • (attested in derivatives and personal names: Ælfhūn
    • hun, hune, houn, hownde (Middle English)
      • hune, hound (English)
      • hun, hune, huin (Scots)
  • *hūn (Old Dutch)
    • hūn, hūne (Middle Dutch)
      • huin (Dutch)
  • Hūn- (Old High German)
    • hünsch (Alsatian)
  • húnn (Old Norse)
    • húnn (Icelandic)
    • hun (Norwegian)
    • hūn (Old Swedish)
  • húnn (Old Norse)
    • hune (Old French)
      • hune (Middle French)
        • hune (French)

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