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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
*kunnaną (“to know”) + *-þaz (past participle suffix). See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
May also be analyzed as from pre-Germanic *ǵń̥h₃tos, via unexplained accent shift from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃tós, or analogical replacement of the suffix.
Pronunciation
Participle
*kunþaz
- past participle of *kunnaną
Adjective
*kunþaz
- known
Inflection
Declension of *kunþaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
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singular
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plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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nominative
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*kunþaz
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*kunþō
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*kunþą, -atō
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*kunþai
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*kunþôz
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*kunþō
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accusative
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*kunþanǭ
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*kunþǭ
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*kunþą, -atō
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*kunþanz
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*kunþōz
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*kunþō
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genitive
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*kunþas, -is
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*kunþaizōz
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*kunþas, -is
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*kunþaizǫ̂
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*kunþaizǫ̂
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*kunþaizǫ̂
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dative
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*kunþammai
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*kunþaizōi
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*kunþammai
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*kunþaimaz
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*kunþaimaz
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*kunþaimaz
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instrumental
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*kunþanō
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*kunþaizō
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*kunþanō
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*kunþaimiz
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*kunþaimiz
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*kunþaimiz
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Weak declension
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singular
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plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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nominative
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*kunþô
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*kunþǭ
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*kunþô
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*kunþaniz
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*kunþōniz
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*kunþōnō
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accusative
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*kunþanų
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*kunþōnų
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*kunþô
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*kunþanunz
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*kunþōnunz
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*kunþōnō
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genitive
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*kunþiniz
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*kunþōniz
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*kunþiniz
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*kunþanǫ̂
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*kunþōnǫ̂
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*kunþanǫ̂
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dative
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*kunþini
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*kunþōni
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*kunþini
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*kunþammaz
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*kunþōmaz
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*kunþammaz
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instrumental
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*kunþinē
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*kunþōnē
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*kunþinē
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*kunþammiz
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*kunþōmiz
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*kunþammiz
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kunþa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 312
- ^ “couth, adj. (and n.1)”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1893.
- ^ “cǒuth, adj. (& n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.