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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/knōsl
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *knōslą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵnoh₁-slo-m, from *ǵneh₁-, *ǵenh₁- (“to beget; to give birth”) + *-slom (instrumental suffix).[1]
Noun
*knōsl m
- race, descent
Inflection
| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *knōsl | |
| Genitive | *knōslas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *knōsl | *knōslō, *knōslōs |
| Accusative | *knōsl | *knōslā |
| Genitive | *knōslas | *knōslō |
| Dative | *knōslē | *knōslum |
| Instrumental | *knōslu | *knōslum |
Descendants
- Old English: cnōsl
- Old Saxon: knōsal
- Old High German: knuosal
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN