Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hnaskuz

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 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈxnɑs.kuz/

Adjective

*hnaskuz

1. soft, tender, yielding

Inflection

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

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hnaskwī
  • Old English: hnæsċe, hnesċe, hnysċe
    • Middle English: nesche
      • Scots: nesch, nesh
      • English: nesh
  • Old Dutch: *neski, *nesc
    • Middle Dutch: nesch, nisch
      • Dutch: nes
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌵𐌿𐍃 (hnasqus)