Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hnuts
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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 Pre-Proto-Germanic *knuds, from a root *knu- also seen in Proto-Celtic *knūs (source of Irish cnó) and Latin nux (“walnut”). Based on the form of the nouns and the restriction of the root to Germanic, Celtic and Italic, it has been argued to be of non-Indo-European origin.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]*hnuts f
Inflection
[edit]| consonant stemDeclension of *hnuts (consonant stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *hnuts | *hnutiz | |
| vocative | *hnut | *hnutiz | |
| accusative | *hnutų | *hnutunz | |
| genitive | *hnutiz | *hnutǫ̂ | |
| dative | *hnuti | *hnutumaz | |
| instrumental | *hnutē | *hnutumiz | |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *hnut
- Old Norse: hnot
References
[edit]- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hnut-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 238: “Etymologically, the word for 'nut' is somewhat problematic, because the cognates in Italo-Celtic have the same root *knu-, but not the same suffixation. This, and the additional fact that the Germanic word is inflected as a root noun, may point to a non-IE origin.”
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “nux”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 420