Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knukô

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

*knukô m

  1. joint, bone

Inflection[edit]

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[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  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[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 218