Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kannijan

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 *kannijaną.

Verb

*kannijan

to know, to be aware of

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*kannijan
1st sg. past	*kannidā
Infinitive	*kannijan
Genitive infin.	*kannijannjas
Dative infin.	*kannijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*kannijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*kanniju	*kannidā
2nd singular	*kannisi	kannidēs, kannidōs
3rd singular	*kanniþi	kannidē, kannidā
1st plural	*kannijum	*kannidum
2nd plural	*kanniþ	*kannidud
3rd plural	*kannijanþ	*kannidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*kannijē	*kannidī
2nd singular	*kannijēs	*kannidī
3rd singular	*kannijē	*kannidī
1st plural	*kannijēm	*kannidīm
2nd plural	*kannijēþ	*kannidīd
3rd plural	*kannijēn	*kannidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*kanni
Plural	*kanniþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*kannijandī	*kannid

Descendants

Old English: cennan
- Middle English: kennen
  - Scots: ken
  - English: ken
Old Frisian: kenna
- West Frisian: kenne
Old Saxon: *kennian
Old Dutch: kennen
- Middle Dutch: kennen
  - Dutch: kennen
  - Limburgish: kènne, kinne
Old High German: *kennen
- Middle High German: kennen
  - Alemannic German: kenne
  - Central Franconian: kenne
  - Cimbrian: khennen, khénnan
  - German: kennen
  - Luxembourgish: kennen
  - Pennsylvania German: kenne
  - Vilamovian: kenna
  - Yiddish: קענען‎ (kenen)