Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/erþōhnut

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *erþōhnuts. Equivalent to *erþu (“earth”) +‎ *hnut (“nut”).

Noun

*erþōhnut f

earthnut, tuber

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*erþōhnut
Genitive	*erþōhnuti
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*erþōhnut	*erþōhnuti
Accusative	*erþōhnutu	*erþōhnuti
Genitive	*erþōhnuti	*erþōhnutō
Dative	*erþōhnuti	*erþōhnutum
Instrumental	*erþōhnuti	*erþōhnutum

Descendants

Old English: eorþhnutu
- Middle English: erthenote
  - English: earthnut
Old Dutch: *erdnutu
- Middle Dutch: erdnōte
  - Dutch: aardnoot
Old High German: erdnuz
- Middle High German: ertnuz
  - German: Erdnuss
→ Old French: grenote, giernote, giernote
- Bourguignon: arnotte
- French: erneute
  - → French: terrenoix (calque)
- Norman: gêrnotte, gernotte, gêunote
- Poitevin-Saintongeais: abrenote