Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knūjaną

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 pre-Germanic *gnuH-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *gnewH-.

Verb

*knūjaną

1. (North Germanic) to press

Inflection

Conjugation of *knūjaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*knūjō	*knūjaų	—	*knūjai	?
2nd singular	*knūisi	*knūjais	*knūi	*knūjasai	*knūjaisau
3rd singular	*knūiþi	*knūjai	*knūjaþau	*knūjaþai	*knūjaiþau
1st dual	*knūjōs	*knūjaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*knūjaþiz	*knūjaiþiz	*knūjaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*knūjamaz	*knūjaim	—	*knūjanþai	*knūjainþau
2nd plural	*knūiþ	*knūjaiþ	*knūiþ	*knūjanþai	*knūjainþau
3rd plural	*knūjanþi	*knūjain	*knūjanþau	*knūjanþai	*knūjainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*knūidǭ	*knūidēdį̄
2nd singular	*knūidēz	*knūidēdīz
3rd singular	*knūidē	*knūidēdī
1st dual	*knūidēdū	*knūidēdīw
2nd dual	*knūidēdudiz	*knūidēdīdiz
1st plural	*knūidēdum	*knūidēdīm
2nd plural	*knūidēdud	*knūidēdīd
3rd plural	*knūidēdun	*knūidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*knūjandz	*knūidaz

Related terms

• *knawaz (maybe)

Descendants

• Old Norse: knýja
  • Icelandic: knýja
  • Faroese: knýggja