Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/knedan
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *knudaną.
Verb
[edit]*knedan[1]
- to knead
Inflection
[edit]| Strong class 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *knedan | |
| 1st sg. past | *knad | |
| 3rd pl. past | *knādun | |
| Past ptcple | *knedan | |
| Infinitive | *knedan | |
| Genitive infin. | *knedannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *knedannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *knedannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *knedu | *knad |
| 2nd singular | *knidiʀi | *knādī |
| 3rd singular | *knididi | *knad |
| 1st plural | *knedum | *knādum |
| 2nd plural | *knidid | *knādud |
| 3rd plural | *knedand | *knādun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *knedē | *knādī |
| 2nd singular | *knedēs | *knādī |
| 3rd singular | *knedē | *knādī |
| 1st plural | *knedēm | *knādīm |
| 2nd plural | *knedēþ | *knādīd |
| 3rd plural | *knedēn | *knādīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *knid | |
| Plural | *knidid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *knedandī | *knedan |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: cnedan
- Old Frisian: *kneda
- Old Saxon: knedan
- Old Dutch: *knedan
- Old High German: knetan
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 78: “PWGmc [...] *knedan”