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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hnaskuz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From earlier *hnaskwuz, from Proto-Indo-European *knes- (“to scrape; scratch; rub”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to scrape; scratch; rub”). Cognate with Sanskrit किक्नस (kiknasa, “crushed grain; meal; grits”), Lithuanian knìsti (“to dig up; tear apart”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxnɑs.kuz/
Adjective
*hnaskuz
- soft, tender, yielding
Inflection
Declension of *hnaskuz (u-stem)
strong declension | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
nominative | *hnaskuz | *hnaskwijai | *hnaskwī | *hnaskwijôz | *hnasku | *hnaskwijō |
accusative | *hnaskwijanǭ | *hnaskwijanz | *hnaskwijǭ | *hnaskwijōz | *hnasku | *hnaskwijō |
genitive | *hnaskwijas, *hnaskwīs | *hnaskwijaizǫ̂ | *hnaskwijaizōz | *hnaskwijaizǫ̂ | *hnaskwijas, *hnaskwīs | *hnaskwijaizǫ̂ |
dative | *hnaskwijammai | *hnaskwijaimaz | *hnaskwijaizōi | *hnaskwijaimaz | *hnaskwijammai | *hnaskwijaimaz |
instrumental | *hnaskwijanō | *hnaskwijaimiz | *hnaskwijaizō | *hnaskwijaimiz | *hnaskwijanō | *hnaskwijaimiz |
weak declension | ||||||
masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
nominative | *hnaskwijô | *hnaskwijaniz | *hnaskwijǭ | *hnaskwijōniz | *hnaskwijô | *hnaskwijōnō |
accusative | *hnaskwijanų | *hnaskwijanunz | *hnaskwijōnų | *hnaskwijōnunz | *hnaskwijô | *hnaskwijōnō |
genitive | *hnaskwīniz | *hnaskwijanǫ̂ | *hnaskwijōniz | *hnaskwijōnǫ̂ | *hnaskwīniz | *hnaskwijanǫ̂ |
dative | *hnaskwīni | *hnaskwijammaz | *hnaskwijōni | *hnaskwijōmaz | *hnaskwīni | *hnaskwijammaz |
instrumental | *hnaskwīnē | *hnaskwijammiz | *hnaskwijōnē | *hnaskwijōmiz | *hnaskwīnē | *hnaskwijammiz |
Derived terms
- *hnaskijaną
- *hnaskōną
Descendants
- Old English: hnæsċe, hnesċe, hnysċe
- Middle English: nesche
- Scots: nesch, nesh
- English: nesh
- Middle English: nesche
- Old Dutch: *neski, *nesk
- Middle Dutch: nesch, nisch
- Dutch: nes
- Middle Dutch: nesch, nisch
- Gothic: 𐌷𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌵𐌿𐍃 (hnasqus)