User:Victar/Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kannā

This 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 edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain; possibly borrowed from Latin canna (reed, reed pipe)[1], or perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kannǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gandʰ-ō, from *gandʰ- (vessel), compare Middle Irish gand (vessel).[2]

Noun edit

*kannā f

  1. can
  2. jug

Inflection edit

ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *kannā
Genitive *kannōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *kannā *kannōn
Accusative *kannōn *kannōn
Genitive *kannōn *kannōnō
Dative *kannōn *kannōm, *kannum
Instrumental *kannōn *kannōm, *kannum

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor ((Can we date this quote?))“Kanne”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), page 352
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “gan(dh)-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 351