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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knuttōną

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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

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Etymology

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From Pre-Germanic *gn̥tnéh₂-, a zero-grade iterative to *knudaną (to knead).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈknut.tɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

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*knuttōną

  1. to press, knead, squeeze

Inflection

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The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *knutt- against non-singular *knud-.

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Descendants

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  • German: knotzen (dialectal)

References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*knuttōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 298