Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hnut

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hnuts.

Noun

*hnut f

1. nut

   Synonym: *obattī

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hnut
Genitive	*hnuti
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hnut	*hnuti
Accusative	*hnutu	*hnuti
Genitive	*hnuti	*hnotō
Dative	*hnuti	*hnutum
Instrumental	*hnuti	*hnutum

Descendants

• Old English: hnutu
  • Middle English: nute, note
    • English: nut
      • → Japanese: ナット (natto)
    • Scots: nute, nuit, nit
• Old Frisian: *nutu
  • Saterland Frisian: Nuute
  • West Frisian: nút
• Old Saxon: hnut, *hnutu
  • Middle Low German: nōte
    • German Low German: Nööt
    • Plautdietsch: Nät
• Old Dutch: *nutu
  • Middle Dutch: nōte
    • Dutch: noot
      • Afrikaans: neut
      • Jersey Dutch: nœüt, nût
      • Negerhollands: neet, noot
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: noot
      • → Papiamentu: nechi, neetsje, neetsjie (from the diminutive)
      • → Saramaccan: notò
    • Limburgish: noeat (with unexpected oea)
• Old High German: nuz
  • Middle High German: nuz
    • Alemannic German: Nuss
    • German: Nuss
    • Hunsrik: Nuss
    • Luxembourgish: Noss
    • Pennsylvania German: Nuss
    • Yiddish: נוס (nus)