Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knusōną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Orel suggests an onomatopoeic origin.[1] Compare also West Germanic *knussjan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈknu.sɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*knusōną[1]
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *knusō | *knusǭ | — | *knusōi | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *knusōsi | *knusōs | *knusō | *knusōsai | *knusōsau | |
| 3rd singular | *knusōþi | *knusō | *knusōþau | *knusōþai | *knusōþau | |
| 1st dual | *knusōs | *knusōw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *knusōþiz | *knusōþiz | *knusōþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *knusōmaz | *knusōm | — | *knusōnþai | *knusōnþau | |
| 2nd plural | *knusōþ | *knusōþ | *knusōþ | *knusōnþai | *knusōnþau | |
| 3rd plural | *knusōnþi | *knusōn | *knusōnþau | *knusōnþai | *knusōnþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *knusōdǭ | *knusōdēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *knusōdēz | *knusōdēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *knusōdē | *knusōdēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *knusōdēdū | *knusōdēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *knusōdēdudiz | *knusōdēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *knusōdēdum | *knusōdēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *knusōdēdud | *knusōdēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *knusōdēdun | *knusōdēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *knusōndz | *knusōdaz | ||||
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *knosōn
- Old English: cnossian
- Old Saxon: *knosōn
- Middle Low German: knōsen
- Old Dutch: *cnoson
- Middle Dutch: cnōsen
- Old Norse: knosa, *knusa