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Gothic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kunnanΔ
, from Proto-Indo-European *Η΅nehβ-.
Pronunciation
Verb
πΊπΏπ½π½π°π½ β’ (kunnan)
- to know, to be familiar with
Conjugation
Variant spellings πΊπ°π½π½π (kannt), πΊπΏπ½π½π΄πΉ (kunnei) and πΊπΏπ½π½πΎπ°πΉ (kunnjai) are attested. Gary Miller claims the latter is a misreading for πΊπΏπ½π½πΎπ°πΏ (kunnjau) in the manuscripts. Others have interpreted this as a scribal mistake (analogous formation) for the third-person singular πΊπΏπ½π½π΄πΉ (kunnei)/*πΊπΏπ½π½πΉ (*kunni).
Derived terms
Note that some of the apparent derivates are class 3 weak verbs (with infinitives ending in -Δn) instead of preterite-present verbs like the above.
Related terms
References
- ^ Miller, D. Gary (2019) The Oxford Gothic Grammar, Oxford: Oxford University Press, βISBN, page 211