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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kōniz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Vṛddhi gerundive of *kunnaną (“to know”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔː.niz/
Adjective
*kōniz
- able, knowledgeable, skillful, clever
Inflection
Declension of *kōniz (i-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *kōniz | *kōnijai | *kōnī | *kōnijôz | *kōnį, *-jatō | *kōnijō |
| accusative | *kōnijanǭ | *kōnijanz | *kōnijǭ | *kōnijōz | *kōnį, *-jatō | *kōnijō |
| genitive | *kōnijas, *kōnīs | *kōnijaizǫ̂ | *kōnijaizōz | *kōnijaizǫ̂ | *kōnijas, *kōnīs | *kōnijaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *kōnijammai | *kōnijaimaz | *kōnijaizōi | *kōnijaimaz | *kōnijammai | *kōnijaimaz |
| instrumental | *kōnijanō | *kōnijaimiz | *kōnijaizō | *kōnijaimiz | *kōnijanō | *kōnijaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *kōnijô | *kōnijaniz | *kōnijǭ | *kōnijōniz | *kōnijô | *kōnijōnō |
| accusative | *kōnijanų | *kōnijanunz | *kōnijōnų | *kōnijōnunz | *kōnijô | *kōnijōnō |
| genitive | *kōnīniz | *kōnijanǫ̂ | *kōnijōniz | *kōnijōnǫ̂ | *kōnīniz | *kōnijanǫ̂ |
| dative | *kōnīni | *kōnijammaz | *kōnijōni | *kōnijōmaz | *kōnīni | *kōnijammaz |
| instrumental | *kōnīnē | *kōnijammiz | *kōnijōnē | *kōnijōmiz | *kōnīnē | *kōnijammiz |
Derived terms
- *kōnihaiduz
- *kōnį̄
- *kōniþō
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *kōnī
- Old English: cēne
- Middle English: kene
- Scots: keen
- English: keen
- Middle English: kene
- Old Frisian: *kēne
- Saterland Frisian: köin
- West Frisian: kein
- Old Saxon: *kōni
- Middle Low German: kōne, köne, cōne
- Old Dutch: *kuoni
- Middle Dutch: coene
- Dutch: koen
- Middle Dutch: coene
- Old High German: kuoni, chuoni, kuani
- Middle High German: küen, küene, küne
- Alemannic German: chüe, chüen
- German: kühn
- Luxembourgish: kéng
- Middle High German: küen, küene, küne
- Old English: cēne
- Old Norse: kǿnn
- Icelandic: kænn
- Faroese: kønur
- Old Swedish: kø̄n
- Swedish: kön (archaic)
- Danish: køn
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN