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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/knōsl

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 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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *knōslą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵnoh₁-slo-m, from *ǵneh₁-, *ǵenh₁- (“to beget; to give birth”) +‎ *-slom (instrumental suffix).[1]

Noun

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*knōsl m

  1. race, descent

Inflection

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Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *knōsl
Genitive *knōslas
Singular Plural
Nominative *knōsl *knōslō, *knōslōs
Accusative *knōsl *knōslā
Genitive *knōslas *knōslō
Dative *knōslē *knōslum
Instrumental *knōslu *knōslum

Descendants

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  • Old English: cnōsl
  • Old Saxon: knōsal
  • Old High German: knuosal

References

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