Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gnewH-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*gnewH-[1]

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Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gnewH- (1 c, 0 e)
  • *gnuH-yé-ti (yé-present)
    • Proto-Germanic: *knūjaną (see there for further descendants)
  • *gnowH-éye-ti (??)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *gnjawīˀtei
      • Proto-Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*knūjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 297