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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/knīb
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *knībaz.
Noun
*knīb m
- knife
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *knīb | |
Genitive | *knības | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *knīb | *knībō, *knībōs |
Accusative | *knīb | *knībā |
Genitive | *knības | *knībō |
Dative | *knībē | *knībum |
Instrumental | *knību | *knībum |
Descendants
- Old English: cnīf (possible reborrowing from Old Norse knífr or Middle Dutch cnīf, cnijf)
- Middle English: knyf, knif
- Scots: knyfe, knife
- English: knife
- Yola: kunnife
- Middle English: knyf, knif
- Old Frisian: *knīf
- West Frisian: kniif, knyf, knyft
- Old Saxon: *knīf
- Middle Low German: knîf
- German Low German: Knief
- Low German: knief, kniiv, knif
- Plautdietsch: Kjnief
- Middle Low German: knîf
- Old Dutch: *cnīf
- Middle Dutch: cnijf
- Dutch: knijf (dialectal)
- Middle Dutch: cnijf
- Old High German: *knīb (?)
- Middle High German: knîp; knîf (latter West Central German)
- German: Kneip (dialectal); Knifte
- Luxembourgish: Knäip
- Middle High German: knîp; knîf (latter West Central German)
- → Vulgar Latin: *cnīfus (see there for further descendants)