Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kauną

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

Alternative forms

  • *kaunō f (possibly)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve, arch”).

Noun

*kauną n

  1. cheek
  2. jaw, mandible
  3. boil, abscess

Inflection

Declension of *kauną (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kauną *kaunō
vocative *kauną *kaunō
accusative *kauną *kaunō
genitive *kaunas, *kaunis *kaunǫ̂
dative *kaunai *kaunamaz
instrumental *kaunō *kaunamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kaun; *kaunu (feminine perhaps derived from neuter plural)
    • Old Dutch: *kouna
      • Middle Dutch: *cone, coon f
        • Dutch: koon f
          • → Low German: Kon
          • → West Frisian: koan m or f
  • Old Norse: kaun n
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