Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ahanō

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

Alternative forms

• *aganō

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂e(ḱ)-on-eh₂-, from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). See also *ahaz (“ear (of grains)”) and Latin agna (“ear (of grains)”).

Noun

*ahanō f

1. chaff, awns

   Synonyms: *baraz (“awn?”), *kafą (“chaff”)

Inflection

Declension of *ahanō (ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ahanō	*ahanôz
Vocative	*ahanō	*ahanôz
Accusative	*ahanǭ	*ahanōz
Genitive	*ahanōz	*ahanǫ̂
Dative	*ahanōi	*ahanōmaz
Instrumental	*ahanō	*ahanōmiz

Descendants

• Old English: agnu, aegne, egenu
• Old High German: agana, agena, agina
  • Middle High German: agene
    • German: Agen, Ahne
• Old Norse: ǫgn
  • Icelandic: ögn
  • Faroese: øgn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: agn, ogn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: agn
  • Old Danish: aghn
    • Danish: avne
    • → North Frisian:

      Föhr-Amrum: aagen

      Mooring-Sylt:

      Mooring: åågene

      Sylt: Aagen

      Wiedingharde: aagene

  • Swedish: agn
  • Elfdalian: aungen
  • →? Middle English: awne, agune, auene, aune, awene, awun
    • English: awn; awns
    • Scots: yawin, yavin, yewn
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰 (ahana)
• → Proto-Finnic: *akana (see there for further descendants)

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “awn”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.