Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knukô

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knukô

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 *gnew- (“a bundle; knot”), from Proto-Indo-European *gen- (“to pinch; clench; ball up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈknu.kɔːː/

Noun

*knukô m

1. joint, bone

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *knukô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*knukô	*knukaniz
vocative	*knukô	*knukaniz
accusative	*knukanų	*knukanunz
genitive	*knukiniz	*knukanǫ̂
dative	*knukini	*knukammaz
instrumental	*knukinē	*knukammiz

Derived terms

• *knukilaz (“knuckle, knot, bump”)
• *knukōjaną (“to knock, strike”)

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *knuko, *knoko
  • North Frisian: knook, knooke, knaake, knååke
  • Saterland Frisian: Knooke
• Old Saxon: *knuko
  • Middle Low German: *knocke
    • Plautdietsch: Knoaken
    • → Norwegian: knoke
• Old Dutch: *knuko
  • Middle Dutch: cnoke
    • Dutch: knook
• Old High German: knohha
  • Middle High German: knoche
    • Alemannic German: Chnoche
    • Central Franconian:

      Kölsch: Knoche

    • German: Knochen
  • → Italian: nocca, gnocchi
• Old Norse: knúi (“knuckle”)
  • Icelandic: (kjúka)
  • Old Swedish: knōe, knōghe
    • Swedish: knoge
  • Danish: kno
  • Gutnish: knoke, knoka, knokå
  • Westrobothnian: knok, knook