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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/erþōhnuts
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *erþō + *hnuts.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈer.θɔː.ˌxnuts/
Noun
*erþōhnuts f[1]
- earthnut
- peanut
Inflection
| consonant stemDeclension of *erþōhnuts (consonant stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *erþōhnuts | *erþōhnutiz | |
| vocative | *erþōhnut | *erþōhnutiz | |
| accusative | *erþōhnutų | *erþōhnutunz | |
| genitive | *erþōhnutiz | *erþōhnutǫ̂ | |
| dative | *erþōhnuti | *erþōhnutumaz | |
| instrumental | *erþōhnutē | *erþōhnutumiz | |
Descendants
- Old English: eorthhnutu
- Middle English: erthenote
- English: earthnut
- Middle English: erthenote
- Old Dutch: [Term?]
- Middle Dutch: erdnote
- Old High German: erdnuz
- Middle High German: ertnuz
- German: Erdnuss
- Middle High German: ertnuz
- Old Norse: [Term?]
- Icelandic: jarðhneta
- Swedish: jordnöt
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*erþaxnutz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 85