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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hnukāną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *knewg- (to press; push; bend), from *ken- (to press; pinch).

Verb

*hnukāną

  1. to be bent, flex, curve, draw up, shrink, wrinkle, become pinched

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *hnukēn
    • Old English: ġehnycned; ġenycled (for *ġehnycled)
    • Old Frisian: *nukja, *nukkia
      • Saterland Frisian: Nukke
      • West Frisian: neuke
    • Old Saxon: *hnukian; *hnukōn
      • Middle Low German: *nuken, *noken
        • German Low German: nucken, nöken
    • Old Dutch: *nuken; *nukon
  • Old Norse: hnykkja
    • Icelandic: hnykkja
    • Faroese: nykkja
    • Old Swedish: nykkia
      • Swedish: nycka (dialectal)
    • Danish: nykke
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