Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hurnutu

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 *hur(ʀ)n- (“hornet”) +‎ *-ut (animal suffix) +‎ *-u, from Proto-Germanic *hurzô ~ *hurzniz (“hornet”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱérh₂s-ō ~ *ḱr̥h₂s-nés (“hornet”), from *ḱerh₂- (“head, horn”) +‎ *-s- +‎ *-ō. Cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *śirˀšō (“hornet”), Latin crābrō (“hornet”).

Noun

*hor(ʀ)nutu f

1. hornet

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hurnutu
Genitive	*hurnutā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hurnutu	*hurnutō
Accusative	*hurnutā	*hurnutā
Genitive	*hurnutā	*hurnutō
Dative	*hurnutē	*hurnutōm, *hurnutum
Instrumental	*hurnutu	*hurnutōm, *hurnutum

Alternative reconstructions

• *hur(ʀ)nitu, *hur(ʀ)natu

Derived terms

• *hurnuttjō, *hurnittjō, *hornattjō

Descendants

• Old English: hyrnetu, hurnitu, hyrnet, hyrnette, hyrnytt
  • Middle English: hernet
    • English: hornet
    • Scots: hornet
• Old Frisian:
  • West Frisian: hoarnbij
• Old Saxon: *horneta, hurnut
  • Middle Low German: hornte, hornente, horntse
    • German Low German: Hörntje
    • German Low German: Hoornk
• Old Dutch: *horneta
  • Middle Dutch: hornete, hornte, hornet
    • Dutch: hoorntje, hoorn, hoornaar
• Old High German: hornaz, hornuz, hurniz
  • Middle High German: hornuz, horniz, harniz, harliz
    • German: Hornisse, Hornissel