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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kanhtaz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *genk- (“to gladen, rejoice”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑ̃x.tɑz/
Adjective
*kanhtaz[1]
- happy, glad
Inflection
Declension of *kanhtaz (a-stem)
strong declension | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
nominative | *kanhtaz | *kanhtai | *kanhtō | *kanhtôz | *kanhtą, *-at(ō) | *kanhtō |
accusative | *kanhtanǭ | *kanhtanz | *kanhtǭ | *kanhtōz | *kanhtą, *-at(ō) | *kanhtō |
genitive | *kanhtas, *kanhtis | *kanhtaizǫ̂ | *kanhtaizōz | *kanhtaizǫ̂ | *kanhtas, *kanhtis | *kanhtaizǫ̂ |
dative | *kanhtammai | *kanhtaimaz | *kanhtaizōi | *kanhtaimaz | *kanhtammai | *kanhtaimaz |
instrumental | *kanhtanō | *kanhtaimiz | *kanhtaizō | *kanhtaimiz | *kanhtanō | *kanhtaimiz |
weak declension | ||||||
masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
nominative | *kanhtô | *kanhtaniz | *kanhtǭ | *kanhtōniz | *kanhtô | *kanhtōnō |
accusative | *kanhtanų | *kanhtanunz | *kanhtōnų | *kanhtōnunz | *kanhtô | *kanhtōnō |
genitive | *kanhtiniz | *kanhtanǫ̂ | *kanhtōniz | *kanhtōnǫ̂ | *kanhtiniz | *kanhtanǫ̂ |
dative | *kanhtini | *kanhtammaz | *kanhtōni | *kanhtōmaz | *kanhtini | *kanhtammaz |
instrumental | *kanhtinē | *kanhtammiz | *kanhtōnē | *kanhtōmiz | *kanhtinē | *kanhtammiz |
Derived terms
- *kanhtijaną
Related terms
- *kangą
Descendants
- Old Norse: kátr
- Danish: kåd
- Elfdalian: kåt
- Faroese: kátur
- Icelandic: kátur
- Swedish: kåt
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*kanhta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 279