Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knuppaz

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 a Proto-Indo-European *gnewbʰ-o-s, from *gnewbʰ-, an extension of *gen- (“to compress”), and cognate with Old Irish gnobh (“knot, knag”), Lithuanian gniáubti (“to embrace”), gniùbti (“to lose firmness, sink”). See also *knudaną (“to knead”), which continues a different extension of the same root.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣɑi̯.si.lɑz/

Noun

*knuppaz m

1. lump, clod

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *knuppaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*knuppaz	*knuppōz, *knuppōs
vocative	*knupp	*knuppōz, *knuppōs
accusative	*knuppą	*knuppanz
genitive	*knuppas, *knuppis	*knuppǫ̂
dative	*knuppai	*knuppamaz
instrumental	*knuppō	*knuppamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic:
  • Old Saxon:
    • Middle Low German: knuppe (“bud”)
  • Old High German: knopf (“knot”)
    • Middle High German: knopf
      • German: Knopf (“button, knob”)
• Old Norse:
  • Norwegian: knupp (“bud”) (dialectal)