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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knukô

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

Probably from a Proto-Indo-European *ģnu-gon-, itself potentially related to *ǵónu (“knee”). The nature of the relation of the root to Lithuanian gniáužti (“to close one's hand”) is unclear.[1][2]

Older theories derived the root from Proto-Indo-European *gnew- (“a bundle; knot”), extended from the root *gen- (“to pinch; clench; ball up”), with the suffix *-kô used in some names of body parts, and compared with Ancient Greek κονδός (kondós), Ancient Greek κόνδυλος (kóndulos), Sanskrit कन्द (kanda).

In any case, compare Italian gnocco.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈknu.kɔːː/

Noun

*knukô m

  1. joint, bone

Inflection
masculine an-stemDeclension of *knukô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *knukô *knukaniz
vocative *knukô *knukaniz
accusative *knukanų *knukanunz
genitive *knukiniz *knukanǫ̂
dative *knukini *knukammaz
instrumental *knukinē *knukammiz

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *knokō, *knokā f
    • Old Frisian: *knuko, *knoko
    • Old Saxon: *knuko
      • Middle Low German: *knocke
    • Old Dutch: *knuko
      • Middle Dutch: cnoke
    • Old High German: knohha
  • Old Norse: knúi (“knuckle”)
    • (Icelandic: kjúka)
    • Old Swedish: knōe, knōghe
    • Danish: kno
    • Gutnish: knoke, knoka, knokå

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*knuk(k)an-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 298
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*knukōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 218
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