"-hun" meaning in Proto-Germanic

See -hun in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Particle

IPA: /xun/
Etymology: Possibly from Pre-Germanic *-kʷune, from a variant or development of the root found in Proto-Indo-European *kʷos + particle *ne. Etymology templates: {{der|gem-pro|ine-pro|*kʷos}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷos
  1. Attaches to indefinite pronouns, with the suffixed word often being preceded by the particle *ne or *ni. Tags: reconstruction Related terms: -gin
    Sense id: en--hun-gem-pro-particle-SC9SxpVa Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header, Proto-Germanic particles Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18 Disambiguation of Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of Proto-Germanic particles: 76 24
  2. Attaches to indefinite adverbs, with the suffixed word often being preceded by the particle *ne or *ni. Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en--hun-gem-pro-particle-Yi8GpHHr
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "-𐌷𐌿𐌽"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: -𐌷𐌿𐌽 (-hun)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: -𐌷𐌿𐌽 (-hun) (𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌷𐌿𐌽 (ainshun), 𐌸𐌹𐍃𐌷𐌿𐌽 (þishun), etc.)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷos",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly from Pre-Germanic *-kʷune, from a variant or development of the root found in Proto-Indo-European *kʷos + particle *ne.",
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-hun",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "76 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Attaches to indefinite pronouns, with the suffixed word often being preceded by the particle *ne or *ni."
      ],
      "id": "en--hun-gem-pro-particle-SC9SxpVa",
      "links": [
        [
          "*ne",
          "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ne#English"
        ],
        [
          "*ni",
          "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ni#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "word": "-gin"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Attaches to indefinite adverbs, with the suffixed word often being preceded by the particle *ne or *ni."
      ],
      "id": "en--hun-gem-pro-particle-Yi8GpHHr",
      "links": [
        [
          "*ne",
          "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ne#English"
        ],
        [
          "*ni",
          "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ni#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/xun/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-hun"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-Germanic lemmas",
    "Proto-Germanic particles",
    "Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "-𐌷𐌿𐌽"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: -𐌷𐌿𐌽 (-hun)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: -𐌷𐌿𐌽 (-hun) (𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌷𐌿𐌽 (ainshun), 𐌸𐌹𐍃𐌷𐌿𐌽 (þishun), etc.)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷos",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly from Pre-Germanic *-kʷune, from a variant or development of the root found in Proto-Indo-European *kʷos + particle *ne.",
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-hun",
  "pos": "particle",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "-gin"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Attaches to indefinite pronouns, with the suffixed word often being preceded by the particle *ne or *ni."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "*ne",
          "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ne#English"
        ],
        [
          "*ni",
          "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ni#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Attaches to indefinite adverbs, with the suffixed word often being preceded by the particle *ne or *ni."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "*ne",
          "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ne#English"
        ],
        [
          "*ni",
          "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ni#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/xun/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-hun"
}

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