Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knuttijaną

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

Etymology

From *knuttô (“knot”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈknut.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*knuttijaną

1. to bind into a knot
2. to tie with a knot

Inflection

Conjugation of *knuttijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*knuttijō	*knuttijaų	—	*knuttijai	?
2nd singular	*knuttīsi	*knuttijais	*knuttī	*knuttijasai	*knuttijaisau
3rd singular	*knuttīþi	*knuttijai	*knuttijaþau	*knuttijaþai	*knuttijaiþau
1st dual	*knuttijōs	*knuttijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*knuttijaþiz	*knuttijaiþiz	*knuttijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*knuttijamaz	*knuttijaim	—	*knuttijanþai	*knuttijainþau
2nd plural	*knuttīþ	*knuttijaiþ	*knuttīþ	*knuttijanþai	*knuttijainþau
3rd plural	*knuttijanþi	*knuttijain	*knuttijanþau	*knuttijanþai	*knuttijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*knuttidǭ	*knuttidēdį̄
2nd singular	*knuttidēz	*knuttidēdīz
3rd singular	*knuttidē	*knuttidēdī
1st dual	*knuttidēdū	*knuttidēdīw
2nd dual	*knuttidēdudiz	*knuttidēdīdiz
1st plural	*knuttidēdum	*knuttidēdīm
2nd plural	*knuttidēdud	*knuttidēdīd
3rd plural	*knuttidēdun	*knuttidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*knuttijandz	*knuttidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *knuttijan
  • Old English: cnyttan, cnittan
    • Middle English: knytten, knutten, knetten, knitten
      • English: knit
      • Scots: knyt, knit
  • Old Saxon: *knuttian
    • Middle Low German: knütten
      • Low German: knütten
  • Old Dutch: *knutten
    • Middle Dutch: cnutten
      • Dutch: knutten (dialectal)
• Old Norse: knytja, knyta
  • Icelandic: knýta, hnýta
  • Faroese: knýta
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: knyte, knyta
  • Norwegian Bokmål: knyte
  • Swedish: knyta
  • Danish: knytte
    • Norwegian Bokmål: knytte