Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hlunni

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

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Germanic *hlunniz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥nów-is ~ *ḱln̥w-éy-s, from *ḱl̥néwti (“to be listening”), related to *hleuþr (“noise”), *hlūd (“loud”).

Noun

*hlunni f

1. (North Sea Germanic) a roar

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hlunni
Genitive	*hlunnī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hlunni	*hlunnī
Accusative	*hlunni	*hlunnī
Genitive	*hlunnī	*hlunnijō
Dative	*hlunnī	*hlunnim, *hlunnijum
Instrumental	*hlunnī	*hlunnim, *hlunnijum

Derived terms

• *hlunnjan
  • Old English: hlynnan, hlynan

Descendants

• Old English: hlynn (“torrent”), hlyn
  • ⇒ Old English: hlynrian
  • ⇒ Old English: hlynsian
• Old Saxon: *hlunn, *hlunni
  • ⇒ Old Saxon: gihlunn (“din, roar”)

Further reading

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 362
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “*k(e)len-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 550