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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Paradigmatic leveling of *kenuz ~ *kunniz, from pre-Proto-Germanic *genus ~ *gunwes, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“cheek; jaw; chin”) ~ *ǵn̥wés.
Pronunciation
Noun
*kinnuz f
- cheek
- chin, jaw
Inflection
Declension of *kinnuz (u-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*kinnuz
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*kinniwiz
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vocative
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*kinnu
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*kinniwiz
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accusative
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*kinnų
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*kinnunz
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genitive
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*kinnauz
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*kinniwǫ̂
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dative
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*kinniwi
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*kinnumaz
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instrumental
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*kinnū
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*kinnumiz
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Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kinnu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 288
- ^ Sainéan, L. (1906) “Les noms romans du chien et leurs applications métaphoriques”, in Mémoires de la Soc. de ling., volume XIV