Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hnaskuz
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier *hnaskwuz, from Proto-Indo-European *knes- (“to scrape; scratch; rub”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to scrape; scratch; rub”). Cognate with Sanskrit किक्नस (kiknasa, “crushed grain; meal; grits”), Lithuanian knìsti (“to dig up; tear apart”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]*hnaskuz
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *hnaskuz (u-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *hnaskuz | *hnaskwijai | *hnaskwī | *hnaskwijôz | *hnaskų, *-jatō | *hnaskwijō |
| accusative | *hnaskwijanǭ | *hnaskwijanz | *hnaskwijǭ | *hnaskwijōz | *hnaskų, *-jatō | *hnaskwijō |
| genitive | *hnaskwijas, *hnaskwīs | *hnaskwijaizǫ̂ | *hnaskwijaizōz | *hnaskwijaizǫ̂ | *hnaskwijas, *hnaskwīs | *hnaskwijaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *hnaskwijammai | *hnaskwijaimaz | *hnaskwijaizōi | *hnaskwijaimaz | *hnaskwijammai | *hnaskwijaimaz |
| instrumental | *hnaskwijanō | *hnaskwijaimiz | *hnaskwijaizō | *hnaskwijaimiz | *hnaskwijanō | *hnaskwijaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *hnaskwijô | *hnaskwijaniz | *hnaskwijǭ | *hnaskwijōniz | *hnaskwijô | *hnaskwijōnō |
| accusative | *hnaskwijanų | *hnaskwijanunz | *hnaskwijōnų | *hnaskwijōnunz | *hnaskwijô | *hnaskwijōnō |
| genitive | *hnaskwīniz | *hnaskwijanǫ̂ | *hnaskwijōniz | *hnaskwijōnǫ̂ | *hnaskwīniz | *hnaskwijanǫ̂ |
| dative | *hnaskwīni | *hnaskwijammaz | *hnaskwijōni | *hnaskwijōmaz | *hnaskwīni | *hnaskwijammaz |
| instrumental | *hnaskwīnē | *hnaskwijammiz | *hnaskwijōnē | *hnaskwijōmiz | *hnaskwīnē | *hnaskwijammiz |