Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hurnijā

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 *hurnijǭ.

Noun

*hurnijā f

corner, angle

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hurnijā
Genitive	*hurnijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hurnijā	*hurnijōn
Accusative	*hurnijōn	*hurnijōn
Genitive	*hurnijōn	*hurnijōnō
Dative	*hurnijōn	hurnijōm, hurnijum
Instrumental	*hurnijōn	hurnijōm, hurnijum

Related terms

*hurn
*hurning

Descendants

Old English: hyrne
- Middle English: hyrne, hürne, hirne, herne
  - Scots: hirne, hirn
  - English: hirn, hern
Old Frisian: herne, hirne
- North Frisian: heern, hören, hjaarn, jaan
- Saterland Frisian: Häidene
- West Frisian: herne
Old Saxon: *hurnia, *hornia
- Middle Low German: hurn, horne, harn, hoern
  - German Low German: Hörn
Old Dutch: *hurna, *horna
- Middle Dutch: horne
  - Dutch: horn

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