Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kanipaz

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 Proto-Indo-European *ǵenu- (“jaw”). Cognate with Latin gena (“cheek”), Welsh gen (“cheek, chin”), Ancient Greek γενειάς (geneiás, “beard, chin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.ni.pɑz/

Noun

*kanipaz m

1. hair on the chin or cheek, beard, whiskers, moustache

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *kanipaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kanipaz	*kanipōz, *kanipōs
vocative	*kanip	*kanipōz, *kanipōs
accusative	*kanipą	*kanipanz
genitive	*kanipas, *kanipis	*kanipǫ̂
dative	*kanipai	*kanipamaz
instrumental	*kanipō	*kanipamiz

Synonyms

• *granō

Related terms

• *kinnuz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *kanip
  • Old English: cenep
    • Middle English: kempe
      • English: kemp
  • Old Frisian: kanep, kenep, knap, knep
• Old Norse: kanpr, kampr
  • Faroese: kampur
  • Icelandic: kampur
  • Swedish: kamp (obsolete), kamphår (dialectal)
  • → Middle English: *camp (attested only as camp (“shaggy”, adj))
    • English: camp
    • Scots: camp