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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/unnaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *h₃n̥-néh₂-ti, from *h₃neh₂- (to enjoy). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀνίνημι (onínēmi, to be of use, help), ἀπόνητο (apónēto, to have joy of something).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈun.nɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*unnaną

  1. to grant, bestow

Inflection

Descendants

  • Old English: unnan, ġeunnan
    • Middle English: unne
      • English: own (to acknowledge, concede)
  • Old Frisian: unna
    • North Frisian: gunne (prefixed with ge-)
  • Old Saxon: unnan, giunnan
    • Middle Low German: günnen
      • Low German: günnen
  • Frankish or Old Dutch: ᚨᚾᚾ (ann)/ann (1st/3rd person singular)
    • Old Dutch: *unnan
      • Middle Dutch: onnen, unnen
        • Dutch: gunnen (prefixed with ge-)
        • West Flemish: jeunn, jeunen (prefixed with dated je-)
  • Old High German: unnan, giunnan
  • Old Norse: unna
    • Icelandic: unna
    • Faroese: unna
    • Norwegian:
    • Old Swedish: unna
    • Old Danish: unnæ
    • Scanian: onða
    • Westrobothnian: åånn, oonn, öönn; ännäs

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “unnan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 560
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