Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knewą

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 *ǵn-ew-o-s, from *ǵónu (“knee”) (specifically the oblique stem *ǵnéw-).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkne.wɑ̃/

Noun

*knewą n

  1. knee

Inflection

Declension of *knewą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *knewą *knewō
vocative *knewą *knewō
accusative *knewą *knewō
genitive *knewas, *kniwis *knewǫ̂
dative *knewai *knewamaz
instrumental *knewō *knewamiz

Derived terms

  • *knewô

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*knewa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 296
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