Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hnits

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱ(o)nids (“nit, louse egg”) Cognate with Ancient Greek κονίς (konís, “nit, insect egg”) Old Irish sned (“nit”)

Noun

*hnits f

nit, louse egg

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *hnits (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hnits	*hnitiz
vocative	*hnit	*hnitiz
accusative	*hnitų	*hnitunz
genitive	*hnitiz	*hnitǫ̂
dative	*hniti	*hnitumaz
instrumental	*hnitē	*hnitumiz

Descendants

Old English: hnitu
- English: nit
Old Saxon: *hnitu
- Middle Low German: nete
Old Dutch: *nitu
- Middle Dutch: nete
  - Dutch: neet
Old High German: niz, hniz
- Middle High German: niz, nizze
  - German: Nisse
Old Norse: gnit
- Icelandic: gnit, nit
- Elfdalian: gnit
- Faroese: nitrur
- Westrobothnian: gnjet