Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kneu
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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”