Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kanô

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

According to the Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, from Proto-Indo-European *gan-, *gandʰ- (“container, vessel”) through an extension *gán(dʰ)ō.^[1] Cognates within Indo-European uncertain. Probably related to *kannǭ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.nɔːː/

Noun

*kanô m

vessel, vat, tub
boat

Inflection

Declension of *kanô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kanô	*kananiz
vocative	*kanô	*kananiz
accusative	*kananų	*kananunz
genitive	*kaniniz	*kananǫ̂
dative	*kanini	*kanammaz
instrumental	*kaninē	*kanammiz

Related terms

*kannǭ

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *kanō
- Old Saxon: *kano
  - Middle Low German: kāne
    - German Low German: Kahn (“prison”)
    - Low German: Kane
    - → Old French: cane
      - French: canard
        → English: canard
- Old High German: *kano
  - Middle High German: kane, kan
    - German: Kahn
      - → Dutch: kaan
Old Norse: kani; (kǿna, kœna)
- (Icelandic: kæna)
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kane
- Swedish: kana
- Danish: kane
  - Norwegian Bokmål: kane

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 351.

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 351.

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