Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hnuttōną

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

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): /ˈxnut.tɔː.nɑ̃/

Etymology 1 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb edit

*hnuttōną[1]

  1. To beat
Inflection edit
Descendants edit
  • Old High German:
    • Middle High German:
  • Old Norse: hnoða

Etymology 2 edit

Perhaps related to *hneudaną (to thrust; hit; pound).[2]

Verb edit

*hnuttōną[2]

  1. To shake
Inflection edit
Descendants edit
  • Old English:
  • Old Dutch:
    • Middle Dutch: noten (to mate (of animals))
  • Old High German: hnotōn
  • Old Norse:

References edit

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hnutt/dōn 1-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 238
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hnutt/dōn 2-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 238