Etymograph

English

Huginn

Huginn comes from Old Norse Huginn ‘thought’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *hugiz.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hugiz‘mind, thought, sense, understanding’reconstructed
  2. Old Norsec. 800–1350hugr‘thought, mind’
  3. Old Norse, derivedc. 800–1350Huginn‘thought’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hugiz‘mind, thought, sense, understanding’reconstructed
  2. Old Norsec. 800–1350hugr‘thought, mind’
  3. Old Norse, derivedc. 800–1350Huginn‘thought’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *hugiz ‘mind, thought, sense, understanding’

ho, 2 more

Today it means

name one of a pair of ravens, the other being Muninn, who fly throughout the world and report any unusual events back to Odin. They are essentially Odin's messengers.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *hugiz / Huginn

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