Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knīfą

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

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Noun edit

*knīfą n

knife, pinch, squeeze

Inflection edit

neuter a-stemDeclension of *knīfą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*knīfą	*knīfō
vocative	*knīfą	*knīfō
accusative	*knīfą	*knīfō
genitive	knīfas, knīfis	*knīfǫ̂
dative	*knīfai	*knīfamaz
instrumental	*knīfō	*knīfamiz

Descendants edit

Old Frisian: *knīf
- Saterland Frisian: kniif
Old Saxon: *knīf
- Middle Low German: knīf
Old Dutch: *knīf
- Middle Dutch: cnijf
  - Dutch: knijf
German: Kneif (dialectal)
Old Norse: knífr m
- Norwegian: kniv
- Swedish: kniv
- Danish: kniv
- → Old English: cnīf^[1]
  - English: knife

References edit

^ de Vries, Jan (1971) Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

[1] Vries, Jan (1971) Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

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