Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hunag

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

From Proto-Germanic *hunagą.

Noun

*hunag n

1. honey

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hunag
Genitive	*hunagas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hunag	*hunagu
Accusative	*hunag	*hunagu
Genitive	*hunagas	*hunagō
Dative	*hunagē	*hunagum
Instrumental	*hunagu	*hunagum

Derived terms

• *hunagōn

Descendants

• Old English: huniġ
  • Middle English: hony
    • English: honey (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: honey, hony, huny, hinny
    • Yola: henee, honi
• Old Frisian: hunig, hunich
  • Saterland Frisian: Huunich
  • West Frisian: hunich
• Old Saxon: huneg, honeg, haneg
  • Middle Low German: hōnich, honnich, hönich, höneg
    • German Low German: Hönnig
    • Plautdietsch: Honnich
• Old Dutch: honag, honog
  • Middle Dutch: honech, honich, heunic
    • Dutch: honig (archaic)
• Old High German: honag, honeg
  • Middle High German: honec, honic
    • Central Franconian:

      Hunsrik: Honich

      Luxembourgish: Hunneg

    • Cimbrian: huunig, hone (Luserna)
    • German: Honig
    • Rhine Franconian: Honich, Hunich

      Frankfurterisch: [hoːniʃ]

    • Yiddish: האָניק (honik)