Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kneu

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 This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *knewą.

Noun

*kneu n[1]

  1. knee

Inflection

Neuter wa-stem
Singular
Nominative *kneu
Genitive *knewas
Singular Plural
Nominative *kneu *kneu
Accusative *kneu *kneu
Genitive *knewas *knewō
Dative *knewē *kneum
Instrumental *kneu *kneum

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 387: “PWGmc *kneu”
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