Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kanhtaz
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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 Proto-Indo-European *genk- (“to gladen, rejoice”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
*kanhtaz[1]
Inflection
Declension of *kanhtaz (a-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *kanhtaz | *kanhtai | *kanhtō | *kanhtôz | *kanhtą, *-at(ō) | *kanhtō |
| accusative | *kanhtanǭ | *kanhtanz | *kanhtǭ | *kanhtōz | *kanhtą, *-at(ō) | *kanhtō |
| genitive | *kanhtas, *kanhtis | *kanhtaizǫ̂ | *kanhtaizōz | *kanhtaizǫ̂ | *kanhtas, *kanhtis | *kanhtaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *kanhtammai | *kanhtaimaz | *kanhtaizōi | *kanhtaimaz | *kanhtammai | *kanhtaimaz |
| instrumental | *kanhtanō | *kanhtaimiz | *kanhtaizō | *kanhtaimiz | *kanhtanō | *kanhtaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *kanhtô | *kanhtaniz | *kanhtǭ | *kanhtōniz | *kanhtô | *kanhtōnō |
| accusative | *kanhtanų | *kanhtanunz | *kanhtōnų | *kanhtōnunz | *kanhtô | *kanhtōnō |
| genitive | *kanhtiniz | *kanhtanǫ̂ | *kanhtōniz | *kanhtōnǫ̂ | *kanhtiniz | *kanhtanǫ̂ |
| dative | *kanhtini | *kanhtammaz | *kanhtōni | *kanhtōmaz | *kanhtini | *kanhtammaz |
| instrumental | *kanhtinē | *kanhtammiz | *kanhtōnē | *kanhtōmiz | *kanhtinē | *kanhtammiz |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Old Norse: kátr
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*kanhta-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 279