Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knēiz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Germanic edit

Etymology edit

Vṛddhi gerundive of *knēaną (to know).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

*knēiz[1]

  1. knowing, acknowledging

Inflection edit


Descendants edit

  • Old English: cnǣwe; cnāwe (with epenthetic -w-, compare cnāwan)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*knēi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 296