Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/worʀahanō

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 edit

Alternative forms edit

*worʀahōn n, *worʀahannijā f

Etymology edit

From *worʀō ~ *ūrzini, from Proto-Germanic *wurzô ~ *ūrziniz (“grouse”), + *hanō (“cock, rooster”).^[1]

Noun edit

*worʀahanō m

grouse, pheasant
Synonym: *ūrʀahōn

Inflection edit

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Related terms edit

*ūrʀahōn

Descendants edit

Old English: worhana m, uuorhana, worhona, morhana, worhen f
Old Dutch: worhenna f (< *worʀahannijā)
- Middle Dutch: woerhâne
  - Dutch: woerhaan
Old High German: orrehuon, orrehan, orhan n (< *worʀahōn)
- Middle High German: orhan

References edit

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*urzan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 561

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*urzan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 561

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