Old English · noun

hiwen

Normalised hīwen

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /ˈxiː.wen/
[ˈhiː.wen]
Syllables: ˈxiː · wen (2 syllables)
Modern English: household

Meaning

household

Declension

Declension of hiwen
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hīwen	hīwenu
Accusative	hīwen	hīwenu
Genitive	hīwenes	hīwena
Dative	hīwene	hīwenum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hīw, from Proto-Germanic *hīwą (“husband, wife, spouse”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeyw-, *ḱeym- (“relative, tribesman”), from *ḱey-. Cognate with Old Saxon hīwa (“wife”), Old High German hīwun (“servant, spouse, members of the family”), Latin cīvis (“burgher, citizen”). More at city.

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