Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hūkaną

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 edit

Etymology edit

Back-formed from *hukkōną (to squat, sit hunched, cower).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

*hūkaną[1]

  1. to squat

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Proto-West Germanic: *hūkan
    • Westphalian: hûken
    • Old Dutch: *hūkan
    • Old High German: hūhhan
  • Old Norse: húka

References edit

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hūkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 252