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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kōniz

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

Vṛddhi gerundive of *kunnaną (to know).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔː.niz/

Adjective

*kōniz

  1. able, knowledgeable, skillful, clever

Inflection


Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kōnī
    • Old English: cēne
    • Old Frisian: *kēne
    • Old Saxon: *kōni
    • Old Dutch: *kuoni
      • Middle Dutch: coene
    • Old High German: kuoni, chuoni, kuani
      • Middle High German: küen, küene, küne
        • Alemannic German: chüe, chüen
        • German: kühn
        • Luxembourgish: kéng
  • Old Norse: kǿnn

References

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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