Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kannǭ

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

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *gandʰ-, *gan- (“a vessel, vat, tub”), related to *kanô (“vessel, boat”). An alternative etymology derives *kannǭ as possibly from Latin canna (“a reed, cane”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɑn.nɔ̃ː/

Noun

*kannǭ f

a tankard, mug, cup, can
a jug, pitcher, pot

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *kannǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kannǭ	*kannōniz
vocative	*kannǭ	*kannōniz
accusative	*kannōnų	*kannōnunz
genitive	*kannōniz	*kannōnǫ̂
dative	*kannōni	*kannōmaz
instrumental	*kannōnē	*kannōmiz

Related terms

*kanô

Descendants

Old English: canne
- Middle English: canne
  - Scots: can
  - English: can
    - → Scottish Gaelic: cana
Old Frisian: kanne, konne
- Saterland Frisian: Kanne
- West Frisian: kanne
Old Saxon: kanna
- Middle Low German: kanne
  - German Low German: Kanne, Kann
Frankish: *kanna
- Old Dutch: *kanna
  - Middle Dutch: kanne
    - Dutch: kan
- → Medieval Latin: canna, cana, canneta, caneta, cannata
  - → Middle French: kanete
    - French: canette
  - → Byzantine Greek: καννίον, κανίον, κανίν (kanníon, kaníon, kanín)
    - → Classical Mandaic: ࡒࡀࡍࡉࡍࡀ‎ (/qannīnā/)
    - → Classical Syriac: ܩܢܝܢܬܐ‎ (/qannīntā/)
      - → Arabic: قِنِّينَة‎ (qinnīna)
    - → Mishnaic Hebrew: קאנון / קנון‎
Old High German: channa
- Middle High German: kanne
  - German: Kanne
    - Hungarian: kanna
    - Bulgarian: ка̀на (kàna)
    - Lower Sorbian: kana
  - Luxembourgish: Kan
Old Norse: kanna
- Icelandic: kanna
- Faroese: kanna
- Norwegian: kanne
- Old Swedish: kanna
  - Swedish: kanna
  - → Finnish: kannu
  - → Estonian: kann
- Danish: kande
- → Norman: canne; cannette (Jersey)