Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kannǭ

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 western Proto-Indo-European *gandʰ-, *gan- (“a vessel, vat, tub”), and related to *kanô (“vessel, boat”), as well as Middle Irish gand (“vessel, can”).[1] An alternative etymology derives *kannǭ as possibly from Latin canna (“a reed, cane”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑn.nɔ̃ː/

Noun

*kannǭ f

  1. a tankard, mug, cup, can
  2. a jug, pitcher, pot

Inflection

Declension of *kannǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kannǭ *kannōniz
vocative *kannǭ *kannōniz
accusative *kannōnų *kannōnunz
genitive *kannōniz *kannōnǫ̂
dative *kannōni *kannōmaz
instrumental *kannōnē *kannōmiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kannā
  • Old Norse: kanna

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kannōn”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 280
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