Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kuntǭ

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

Unknown. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkun.tɔ̃ː/

Noun

*kuntǭ f

1. female pudenda; vulva; sheath

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *kuntǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kuntǭ	*kuntōniz
vocative	*kuntǭ	*kuntōniz
accusative	*kuntōnų	*kuntōnunz
genitive	*kuntōniz	*kuntōnǫ̂
dative	*kuntōni	*kuntōmaz
instrumental	*kuntōnē	*kuntōmiz

Descendants

• Old English: *cunte
  • Middle English: cunte
    • Scots: cunt
    • English: cunt
• Old Frisian: cunte
  • Saterland Frisian: Kunte
  • West Frisian: kûnt, kont
• Old Saxon: *kunta
  • Middle Low German: kunte
    • German Low German: Kunt
• Old Dutch: *kunta
  • Middle Dutch: conte
    • Dutch: kont
      • Afrikaans: kont
• Old High German: cunta
  • Middle High German: kunt
• Old Norse: kunta
  • Icelandic: kunta
  • Faroese: kunta
  • Norwegian: kunte
  • Swedish: kunta
  • Danish: kunte