Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kuntǭ

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

Unknown. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkun.tɔ̃ː/

Noun

*kuntǭ f

female pudenda; vulva; sheath

Inflection

Declension of *kuntǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kuntǭ	*kuntōniz
vocative	*kuntǭ	*kuntōniz
accusative	*kuntōnų	*kuntōnunz
genitive	*kuntōniz	*kuntōnǫ̂
dative	*kuntōni	*kuntōmaz
instrumental	*kuntōnē	*kuntōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *kuntā
- Old English: *cunte
  - Middle English: cunte, cunt, cownte, counte, count, conte
    - English: cunt
    - Scots: cunt
    - → Welsh: cont
- Old Frisian: cunte
  - Saterland Frisian: Kunte
  - West Frisian: kûnt, kont
- Old Saxon: *kunta
  - Middle Low German: kunte
    - German Low German: Kunt
- Old Dutch: *kunta
  - Middle Dutch: conte
    - Dutch: kont
      - Afrikaans: kont
- Old High German: *kunta
  - Middle High German: kunt
    - German: Kunte (archaic)
    - Czech: kunda
      - Slovak: kunda
Old Norse: kunta
- Icelandic: kunta
- Faroese: kunta
- Norwegian: kunte
- Swedish: kunta
- Danish: kunte