Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kōnī

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 1

From Proto-Germanic *kōniz +‎ *-ī (adjective suffix).

Adjective

*kōnī

2. adept, able
3. keen, bold

Inflection

ja-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*kōnī
Genitive	*kōnijas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*kōnī	*kōniju	*kōnī
Accusative	*kōnijanā	*kōnijā	*kōnī
Genitive	*kōnijas	*kōnijeʀā	*kōnijas
Dative	*kōnijumē	*kōnijeʀē	*kōnijumē
Instrumental	*kōniju	*kōnijeʀu	*kōniju
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*kōnijē	*kōnijō	*kōniju
Accusative	*kōnijā	*kōnijā	*kōniju
Genitive	*kōnijeʀō	*kōnijeʀō	*kōnijeʀō
Dative	*kōnijēm, *kōnijum	*kōnijēm, *kōnijum	*kōnijēm, *kōnijum
Instrumental	*kōnijēm, *kōnijum	*kōnijēm, *kōnijum	*kōnijēm, *kōnijum

Derived terms

• *Kōnirād

Descendants

• Old English: cēne
  • Middle English: kene
    • Scots: keen
    • English: keen
• Old Frisian: *kēne
  • Saterland Frisian: köin
  • West Frisian: kein
• Old Saxon: *kōni
  • Middle Low German: kōne, köne, cōne
• Old Dutch: *kuoni
  • Middle Dutch: coene
    • Dutch: koen
      • Afrikaans: koen
• Old High German: kuoni, chuoni, kuani
  • Middle High German: küen, küene, küne
    • Alemannic German: chüe, chüen
    • German: kühn
    • Luxembourgish: kéng

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *kōnį̄. Equivalent to *kōnī (“adept, bold”) +‎ *-ī (abstract noun suffix).

Noun

*kōnī f

2. skillfulness, ableness
3. courage

Inflection

īn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kōnī
Genitive	*kōnīn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kōnī	—
Accusative	*kōnīn	—
Genitive	*kōnīn	—
Dative	*kōnīn	—
Instrumental	*kōnīn	—

Descendants

• Old High German: kuonī, chuonī
  • Middle High German: küene
    • German: Kühne