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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Orel suggests an onomatopoeic origin.[1]
Verb
*knussjan[2]
- to strike
- to bruise
Inflection
| Class 1 weak
|
| Infinitive
|
*knussjan
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*knusidā
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| Infinitive
|
*knussjan
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*knussjannjas
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| Dative infin.
|
*knussjannjē
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| Instrum. infin.
|
*knussjannju
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| Indicative
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Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*knussju
|
*knusidā
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| 2nd singular
|
*knusisi
|
*knusidēs, *knusidōs
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| 3rd singular
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*knusiþi
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*knusidē, *knusidā
|
| 1st plural
|
*knussjum
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*knusidum
|
| 2nd plural
|
*knusiþ
|
*knusidud
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| 3rd plural
|
*knussjanþ
|
*knusidun
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| Subjunctive
|
Present
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Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*knussjē
|
*knusidī
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| 2nd singular
|
*knussjēs
|
*knusidī
|
| 3rd singular
|
*knussjē
|
*knusidī
|
| 1st plural
|
*knussjēm
|
*knusidīm
|
| 2nd plural
|
*knussjēþ
|
*knusidīd
|
| 3rd plural
|
*knussjēn
|
*knusidīn
|
| Imperative
|
Present
|
|
| Singular
|
*knusi
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| Plural
|
*knusiþ
|
|
|
Present
|
Past
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| Participle
|
*knussjandī
|
*knusid
|
Relaated terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*knusjanan ~ knusōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 219
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 271: “PWGmc *knusidē”
