Reconstruction:Latin/cnifus
Latin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Frankish *knīf (“knife”).
Noun
edit*cnifus m (Proto-Gallo-Romance)
Descendants
edit- Old French: *canif
- Old Occitan: ganiva
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *cnīfittus (diminutive)
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This Latin 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. |
Borrowed from Frankish *knīf (“knife”).
*cnifus m (Proto-Gallo-Romance)