Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kanką

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 Proto-Indo-European *gong- (“mockery, derision”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑŋ.kɑ̃/

Noun

*kanką n

  1. (West Germanic) jeer; derision; mockery

Inflection

Declension of *kanką (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kanką *kankō
vocative *kanką *kankō
accusative *kanką *kankō
genitive *kankas, *kankis *kankǫ̂
dative *kankai *kankamaz
instrumental *kankō *kankamiz
  • *kanganaz
    • ⇒ Old Norse: kanginyrði

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kank
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.