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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knēiz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

A vrddhi gerundive to *knēaną (to know).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈknɛː.iz/

Adjective

*knēiz [1]

  1. knowing, acknowledging

Inflection


Descendants

  • Old English: cnǣwe; cnāwe (with epenthetic -w-, compare cnāwan)
    • Old English: oncnǣwe; ġecnǣwe, ġecnāwe
      • Middle English: aknawe, aknowe (partially)

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*knēi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 296
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