hvǫnn
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Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *hwannō (whence also Northern Sami faddnu (“angelica”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwenHdʰ-.
Noun[edit]
hvǫnn f (genitive hvannar, plural hvannir)
Declension[edit]
Declension of hvǫnn (strong i-stem)
| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hvǫnn | hvǫnnin | hvannir | hvannirnar |
| accusative | hvǫnn | hvǫnnina | hvannir | hvannirnar |
| dative | hvǫnn | hvǫnninni | hvǫnnum | hvǫnnunum |
| genitive | hvannar | hvannarinnar | hvanna | hvannanna |
Descendants[edit]
- Danish: kvan c, kvanne c
- Faroese: hvonn f
- Icelandic: hvönn f
- Norwegian (Nynorsk): kvann f, kvanne f or m
- Swedish: kvanne c, kvann c (in dialects also kvanna f)
- → Greenlandic: kuaneq