Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hneudaną

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

Compare *knudaną (to rivet, knead), source of Old Norse hnoða (to rivet). Also compared to Ancient Greek κνύθος (knúthos, small thorn), but Kroonen finds this semantically unconvincing.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈxneu̯.ðɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb edit

*hneudaną[1][2]

  1. to hammer, to pound

Inflection edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “hneudan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 235
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xneuđanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 179-180