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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knukōną

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 *knukô (bone) + *-ōną,[1] perhaps reinforced by sound-symbolism.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈknu.kɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*knukōną

  1. To pound on; beat on; knock

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *knokōn
    • Old English: cnucian, cnocian
    • Old Saxon: *knokōn
      • Middle Low German: *knoken
        • Middle Low German: ûtknoken, ûtknōken
    • Old High German: *knohhōn, *knochōn
      • Middle High German: knochen
  • Old Norse: knoka
  • Middle Irish: *cnagaid (via Old English and/or Old Norse)

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) “*knukōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 218
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