Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kuni
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *kunją.
Noun edit
*kuni n[1]
Inflection edit
Neuter ja-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *kuni | |
Genitive | *kunnjas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *kuni | *kunnju |
Accusative | *kuni | *kunnju |
Genitive | *kunnjas | *kunnjō |
Dative | *kunnjē | *kunnjum |
Instrumental | *kunnju | *kunnjum |
Descendants edit
- Old English: cynn, cyn
- Old Frisian: ken, kenn, kin
- Old Saxon: kunni, cunni
- Middle Low German: künne
- Old Dutch: cunni
- Old High German: kunni, chunni
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 129: “*kuni”