Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knuttô

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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

Traditionally derived from a Proto-Indo-European *gnod- (to bind), and compared with Latin nōdus (node), Proto-Germanic *knudaną (to knead). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) However, Kroonen instead derives the term from Proto-Indo-European *ǵnu-ton, a ton-formation from *ǵónu (knee; node).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*knuttô m

  1. a knot

Inflection

Declension of *knuttô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *knuttô *knuttaniz
vocative *knuttô *knuttaniz
accusative *knuttanų *knuttanunz
genitive *knuttiniz *knuttanǫ̂
dative *knuttini *knuttammaz
instrumental *knuttinē *knuttammiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*knūþan- ~ *knuttan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 298-9