Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kneu
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *knewą.
Noun
[edit]*kneu n[1]
Inflection
[edit]| Neuter wa-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *kneu | |
| Genitive | *knewas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *kneu | *kneu |
| Accusative | *kneu | *kneu |
| Genitive | *knewas | *knewō |
| Dative | *knewē | *kneum |
| Instrumental | *kneu | *kneum |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: cnēow, cnēo
- Old Frisian: kniu, knī, knē
- Old Saxon: knio, kneo, kniu
- Old Dutch: *cnio
- Old High German: kneo, kniu, knio, chniu, chneo
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 387: “PWGmc *kneu”