Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hauʀukōn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From *hauʀijan +‎ *-ukōn.

Verb edit

*hauʀukōn

to listen carefully, harken

Inflection edit

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*hauʀukōn
1st sg. past	*hauʀukōdā
Infinitive	*hauʀukōn
Genitive infin.	*hauʀukōnijas
Dative infin.	*hauʀukōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*hauʀukōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*hauʀukō	*hauʀukōdā
2nd singular	*hauʀukōs	hauʀukōdēs, hauʀukōdōs
3rd singular	*hauʀukōþ	hauʀukōdē, hauʀukōdā
1st plural	*hauʀukōm	*hauʀukōdum
2nd plural	*hauʀukōþ	*hauʀukōdud
3rd plural	*hauʀukōnþ	*hauʀukōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*hauʀukō	*hauʀukōdī
2nd singular	*hauʀukōs	*hauʀukōdī
3rd singular	*hauʀukō	*hauʀukōdī
1st plural	*hauʀukōm	*hauʀukōdīm
2nd plural	*hauʀukōþ	*hauʀukōdīd
3rd plural	*hauʀukōn	*hauʀukōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*hauʀukō
Plural	*hauʀukōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*hauʀukōndī	*hauʀukōd

Alternative reconstructions edit

*hauʀikōn

Descendants edit

Old English: *heorcian, *hercian, *hiercian, *hyrcian, *hearcian
- Middle English: herken, herkien, harkien
  - English: heark, hark
  - Scots: herk, hark
- ⇒ Old English: heorcnian, hercnian, hyrcnian
  - Middle English: herkenen
    - English: hearken, harken
    - Scots: herkin
Old Frisian: hērkia (< *hauʀikōn), harkia
- North Frisian: harke
- West Frisian: harkje
Old Saxon: *hōrkōn
- Middle Low German: hôrken, horken
Old Dutch: *hōrkon
- Middle Dutch: hoorken, huerken, hurken, horken
  - Dutch: horken
Old High German: *hōrachōn, hōrechen (late Old High German)
- Middle High German: horchen, hōrchen
  - German: horchen