Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kinnubakō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Alternative forms

*kinnibakō

Etymology

From *kinnu (“chin, jaw”) +‎ *bakō (“back”).^[1]^[2]

Noun

*kinnubakō m

jawbone
Synonym: *kinnubain

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kinnubakō
Genitive	kinnubakini, kinnubakan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kinnubakō	*kinnubakan
Accusative	*kinnubakan	*kinnubakan
Genitive	kinnubakini, kinnubakan	*kinnubakanō
Dative	kinnubakini, kinnubakan	*kinnubakum
Instrumental	kinnubakini, kinnubakan	*kinnubakum

Descendants

Old Frisian: tsinbakka, szinbakke, szinbaca, kinbaka, kenbak
Old Saxon: kinnebako, kinnibaco
- Middle Low German:
  - German Low German:
    Münsterländisch: Kinnbacke
    
    Sauerländisch: Kinnbacke sg, Kinnebacken pl
  - → Danish: kindbakke
Old Dutch: kinnebako
- Middle Dutch: kinnebacke, kenebacke, kinbacke
  - Dutch: kinnebak
    - → West Frisian: kinnebak
Old High German: kinnibahho, chinnibahho, chinnipacho
- Middle High German: kinnebacke, kinnebache, kinbacke, kenebacke
  - German: Kinnbacke sg, Kinnbacken pl

References

^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor ((Can we date this quote?)), “Backe¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), page 53
^ Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “bek”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 35

[1] Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor ((Can we date this quote?)), “Backe¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), page 53

[2] Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “bek”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 35

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