Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knuttô

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

Traditionally derived from a Proto-Indo-European *gnod- (“to bind”), and compared with Latin nōdus (“node”), Proto-Germanic *knudaną (“to knead”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) However, Kroonen instead derives the term from Proto-Indo-European *ǵnu-ton, a ton-formation from *ǵónu (“knee; node”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈknut.tɔːː/

Noun

*knuttô m

  1. a knot

Inflection

Declension of *knuttô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *knuttô *knuttaniz
vocative *knuttô *knuttaniz
accusative *knuttanų *knuttanunz
genitive *knuttiniz *knuttanǫ̂
dative *knuttini *knuttammaz
instrumental *knuttinē *knuttammiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *knottō
    • Old English: cnotta
    • Old Frisian: knotta
      • Saterland Frisian: Knöt, Knät
      • West Frisian: knotte
    • Old Saxon: knotto
      • Middle Low German: knotte, knutte
        • German Low German: Knütt, Knütte
    • Old Dutch: *knotto
    • Old High German: *knozzo; *knozza f
      • Middle High German: knotze f
        • German: Knotze f (“gnarl, knot”) (obsolete)
  • Old Norse: knútr

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*knūþan- ~ *knuttan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 298-9
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