Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kuniz

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 *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈku.niz/

Noun

*kuniz m[1][2]

  1. family, kin
  2. descendant, son

Declension

Declension of *kuniz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kuniz *kunīz
vocative *kuni *kunīz
accusative *kunį *kuninz
genitive *kunīz *kunjǫ̂
dative *kunī *kunimaz
instrumental *kunī *kunimiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kuni (in given names)
    • Old English: *cyne, *cyn
    • Old Saxon: *kuni
    • Old High German: *kuni
  • Old Norse: konr

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*kuniz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 224
  2. ^ Antonsen, Elmer H. (1975) A Concise Grammar of the Older Runic Inscriptions, Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, →ISBN, page 79: “PG */kun-i-/”
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