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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hōrōną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

From *hōrą (adultery).[1]

Verb

*hōrōną [1]

  1. to commit adultery

Inflection

Descendants

  • Old Saxon: horian
  • Old High German: huorōn
    • Middle High German: huoren
  • Old Norse: hóra

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hōrōjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 240
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